Executive Director, Employment Law

Revolution Medicines•Redwood City, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

RevMed is seeking an experienced executive director, employment law to support RevMed’s business. The Executive Director, Employment Law will serve as the company’s senior employment law subject-matter expert and a strategic advisor on all employment-related legal issues. This role is responsible for setting the employment law strategy for a complex, highly regulated and rapidly evolving organization, while providing pragmatic, business-oriented counsel aligned with public-company obligations and risk tolerance. This role will report to the General Counsel and partner closely with Human Resources, Compliance, Finance and other senior business leaders.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school.
Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
14+ years of progressively responsible employment law experience.
Significant experience advising public companies and executive leadership.
Deep expertise in U.S. employment law, including wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, leaves, accommodations, and RIFs.
Demonstrated ability to manage high-risk, high visibility matters with sound judgment.
Strategic thinker with strong business acumen.
Exceptional judgment, discretion, and integrity.
Flexible, resourceful and solution-oriented.
Influential communicator able to drive alignment without authority.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-stakes environments.

Nice To Haves

Combination of top-tier law firm and in-house experience, with prior biotech, life sciences, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.
Experience advising Boards and Compensation Committees.
Exposure to global employment law issues.

Responsibilities

Serve as the principal legal advisor on a wide range of employment law matters across the enterprise.
Advise senior leadership, including General Counsel, Chief Human Resources Officers and Chief Financial Officer on employment-related risk, trends, and strategic considerations in a public-company context.
Provide employment law support to the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee, as appropriate.
Shape and implement compliant enterprise-wide programs to create a culture of high performance and aligned with company values and talent philosophy.
Advise Human Resources and people management on all aspects of employment law.
Advise on employee mobility, remote workforce issues and multi-state and global compliance.
In partnership with Human Resources, proactively identify and mitigate employment law risks.
Stay up to date on relevant employment laws, regulations, industry trends, and disseminate relevant implications to key stakeholders.
Advise on executive employment agreements, severance arrangements, change-in-control provisions and related disclosures.
Advise the Compensation Committee on executive compensation, benefits plans and other Board-level compensation matters in collaboration with Human Resources and Finance.
Partner on employment aspects of SEC reporting, proxy disclosures and governance matters.
Advise on whistleblower, retaliation, and sensitive executive or high-risk matters.
Conduct and oversee internal investigations involving employment issues.
Manage employment-related litigation, arbitration and mediation, including determination of strategy, budget and outside counsel.
Lead responses to audits, regulatory inquiries, and government investigations related to workforce matters.
Partner with Human Resources to develop and monitor employment-related risk mitigation frameworks, metrics, and controls.
Partner with Human Resources to draft comprehensive policies, SOPs and other guidance documents or communications that effectively translate complex employment law concepts into actionable frameworks for internal stakeholders.
Partner with Human Resources to review and update employment policies, employee handbooks and workplace standards.
Partner with HR and Compliance to implement training programs on harassment prevention, DEI, code of conduct, and workplace compliance.
Partner with engagement and learning teams to lead cross-functional trainings on employment law responsibilities.
Oversee global employment law matters in coordination with ex-US employees, regional counsel and other outside advisors.