Managing Counsel, Employment Legal - USA

Remote - Referral Board

121d • $152,900 - $229,400

About The Position

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as a Managing Counsel, Employment (Individual Contributor), joining our Legal Team as an Employment Law Counsel. Remote's well established Legal team is a bunch of friendly, talented highly motivated lawyers from a whole host of different countries, with some awesome experiences. Remote’s Legal Team is responsible for delivering pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote’s products and services, while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk. As Remote adds new products to the platform and rapidly scales its new and existing customer base, so too does the volume and complexity of legal issues. Each new venture, customer, or external employee could bring a myriad of legal issues across 90+ jurisdictions.

Requirements

• US Qualified Lawyer (mandatory)
• Solid experience as a senior legal employment counsel, in-house legal experience preferred
• Extensive experience in advisory and contentious employment law including the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are the key areas)
• Passionate about tech and HR tech products
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Writes and speaks fluent English
• Technologically competent with experience using (or the ability to quickly master) applications, such as Slack, Juro, Notion, Google Drive, Asana, Kissflow or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Fluent in multiple languages
• Experience in advising on employment law issues in multiple jurisdictions
• Experience working for a tech or other fast-paced start-up company
• Experience working remotely

Responsibilities

• Advise on a wide range of employment law issues across multiple jurisdictions, including advising on complex internal and external employee matters
• Identify company-wide legal issues and work with key internal stakeholders and external partners to implement efficient and effective solutions
• Take on a leadership role in cross-team legal projects, collaborating with Remoters from other teams
• Contribute to the Legal Team's knowledge base and expertise while working to build your own unique knowledge base within the Team
• Institute best practices to help the Employment Specialist sub-team to function more efficiently and better support internal stakeholders
• Manage external local counsel and manage legal projects

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees