Managing Counsel - Employment Legal (US)
About The Position
Managing Counsel - Employment Legal (US) is a senior individual contributor role within the Legal Team at Remote. This position focuses on complex, high-impact employment law matters, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and scaling legal support for Remote’s global employment operations. The role involves supporting Employee Lifecycle and People teams, ensuring compliance with employment laws across jurisdictions, and assisting other teams like International Operations and Product with compliance and streamlining. Remote is a fully remote company with a focus on innovation, automation, and AI capabilities, encouraging employees to bring their diverse talents and experiences to build a best-in-class HR platform.
Requirements
- US-qualified lawyer (mandatory)
- Solid experience as a senior legal employment counsel
- Strong track record handling advisory and contentious matters across the employee lifecycle
- Experience leading on complex internal and external employee matters independently
- Experience advising across multiple jurisdictions
- Good understanding and experience with tech and HR tech products
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills
- Writes and speaks fluent English
- Technologically competent with Slack, CLM tools, Notion, Google Drive, AI tools, Zendesk, or equivalent tools
Nice To Haves
- In-house legal experience preferred
- Experience in a tech or fast-paced start-up environment preferred
- Fluent in multiple languages preferred
- Experience working remotely preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic employment law advice across multiple jurisdictions, covering both internal and external employee matters.
- Lead on complex advisory and contentious employment matters across the employee lifecycle, including both internal and external employees.
- Identify company-wide legal issues and implement scalable solutions in partnership with stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, driving alignment across Legal, People, Operations, and other teams.
- Shape team knowledge standards, building subject-matter expertise and creating reusable resources.
- Set best practices and governance frameworks to improve efficiency and legal service delivery.
- Manage external local counsel and oversee complex employment projects across jurisdictions.
Benefits
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
