Senior Counsel - Employment and Labor Law

StubHub•New York, NY

13h•$200,000 - $235,000•Hybrid

About The Position

StubHub is seeking a Senior Counsel to build and lead its employment and labor law function. This role involves both strategic advisory to the C-suite and Board on workforce risk, and operational depth in managing matters and outside counsel. The Senior Counsel will be the primary legal advisor to the CHRO and business leaders on all employment and labor matters, and will be responsible for building the necessary policies, training, and governance infrastructure for a public company of StubHub's scale. This is an opportunity to establish a best-in-class employment law function at a category-defining company during a period of significant growth and scaling.

Requirements

J.D. and active bar membership in good standing (California or New York bar strongly preferred; additional state admission a plus).
10+ years of employment and labor law experience, including significant time at a law firm and in-house, ideally at a technology company, marketplace, or global consumer business.
Demonstrated experience leading an employment law function or team, including managing outside counsel relationships and litigation portfolios.
Deep substantive expertise across wage-and-hour law, discrimination and harassment law, leave and accommodation law, labor relations, and workforce classification, with working knowledge of international employment frameworks (EU, UK, and other markets where StubHub operates).
Experience advising a public company or preparing a company for public-company employment law standards, including human capital disclosure requirements.
Track record of building or significantly modernizing employment policies, training programs, and compliance infrastructure from the ground up.
Experience partnering with Total Rewards or Compensation teams on pay equity and pay transparency compliance.
Sound, practical judgment — able to distinguish real risk from theoretical risk and give the business a clear path forward.
Excellent communicator, able to explain complex legal concepts to executives, managers, and employees at every level.
Comfortable operating with both strategic altitude and hands-on execution; willing to run point on a difficult investigation personally.
High integrity and discretion when handling sensitive, confidential workforce matters.
Collaborative and low-ego; builds trusted partnerships across Legal, HR, Finance, and business leadership.
Comfort evaluating and deploying AI-powered legal tools as genuine productivity multipliers, with the judgment to know where human review is non-negotiable.

Nice To Haves

Ideally at a technology company, marketplace, or global consumer business.
Additional state admission a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as StubHub's primary legal advisor on all employment, labor, and workforce matters, partnering directly with the CHRO, General Counsel, and senior business leaders.
Advise the executive team and, as needed, the Board on employment-related risk, litigation trends, and regulatory developments.
Act as a trusted, pragmatic business partner, translating complex legal risk into clear, actionable guidance.
Own end-to-end management of employment litigation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings.
Lead workplace investigations into harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and misconduct allegations.
Manage relationships with outside employment counsel across jurisdictions, driving down spend while maintaining quality.
Partner with Trust & Safety, Security, and HR Business Partners on sensitive terminations, reductions in force, and executive separations.
Design, implement, and continuously update global employment policies, handbooks, and codes of conduct.
Ensure compliance with wage-and-hour law, classification rules, and other labor regulations.
Monitor and operationalize compliance with leave laws, accommodation obligations, and pay transparency/equity requirements.
Build and maintain a global employment law compliance calendar and audit program.
Partner with Immigration counsel to support visa sponsorship, global mobility, and cross-border hiring compliance.
Advise on labor relations strategy, including union avoidance and collective bargaining.
Provide guidance on NLRA-protected concerted activity and related policies.
Support M&A, expansion into new markets, and organizational restructuring with employment law diligence and integration planning.
Design and deliver manager and employee training on key employment law topics.
Build practical playbooks and decision trees for HR Business Partners and managers.
Champion the use of AI-assisted tools for policy drafting, contract review, and matter tracking.
Act as key advisor to the CHRO on all matters within the scope of this role.
Partner closely with Total Rewards and Finance on pay equity analysis, compensation governance, and public-company disclosure obligations.
Work with People Operations to ensure employment policies are operationalized cleanly in the HRIS.
Collaborate with Communications and HR on sensitive workforce announcements.
Support the CLO and Compliance team on SEC and NYSE disclosure obligations tied to human capital management.