Lead Legal Counsel - Employment
About The Position
Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us. Dexcom’s legal team is growing and we’re looking for an experienced attorney to serve as one of Dexcom’s Lead Legal Counsel, Employment. Reporting to the Vice President, Employment, Corporate Governance & Privacy, this role will support employment law for our North America region. You will work with a team of motivated and passionate attorneys and business partners globally and coordinate daily with local human resource leaders to support our growing employee population.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years of related employment law experience at top-tier law firm and/or in house (preferred).
- Must be comfortable presenting to, counseling, and interacting with Human Resources and business leaders.
- Recognized as an expert in your field within the organization.
- Committed to teamwork and maintaining strong relationships and lines of communication with business partners and other key stakeholders across the organization.
- Excellent decision-making skills, practical business judgement, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Able to work in person in the San Diego office as required, local within 75 miles is strongly preferred.
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience.
- At this level a graduate degree may be desirable with 4 years of related experience.
Nice To Haves
- In house experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Human Resources and business partners to provide day to day counseling, supervise investigations, evaluate legal risks and provide subject matter expertise on a broad range of labor and employment issues, including recruiting and hiring, training, employee management, complex leaves of absences, and HR best practices.
- Proactively develop, update, and implement employment policies and programs (including hiring practices, performance management, employee relations, internal investigations, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, compensation, and benefits) to ensure best practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations in partnership with the HR subject matter experts.
- Collaborate with the Human Resources team to generate, update, and implement training on HR and employment law topics.
- Manage pre-litigation and litigation disputes related to employment matters, including preparing litigation holds and document gathering.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, to provide strategic, business-oriented employment law guidance for a global organization.
- Work effectively to utilize outside counsel, as needed.
Benefits
- A full and comprehensive benefits program.
- Growth opportunities on a global scale.
- Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
