Senior Counsel, Employment

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

1d•$193,930 - $291,150

About The Position

As Senior Employment Counsel, you will provide pragmatic day-to-day employment law advice in order to unblock business needs, mitigate risk, and incorporate best employment compliance practices throughout the company. You’ll play a critical role in building and upholding Nuro’s culture and helping prepare Nuro for the challenges and opportunities of launching a commercial product. This role will report directly to the Chief Legal Officer and serve as a key partner to the People team and business leaders, providing the legal, strategic, and operational framework to support an expanding global workforce.

Requirements

7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience focused on employment law.
Extensive experience in California.
Experience scaling a fast-growing company nationally and internationally is a plus.
Experience at private and public companies is a plus.
Proven combination of great legal instincts and business acumen.
Comfortable making the big calls regarding legal risk.
Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, expertly juggling multiple tasks.
Experience in spaces where law and regulation is ambiguous, unarticulated, or entirely absent.
Ability to identify not just requirements for compliance, but opportunities to lead and define best practices.
Expertise in helping other team leaders deliver on their priorities through a practical approach to providing legal advice.
Fast and precise writer, comfortable taking first pen on documents in a range of legal and compliance contexts.
Able to tailor writing to audiences and quickly produce polished written product.
Technically proficient and comfortable working with modern tools like AI.
Member of the California Bar.
Admission in other jurisdictions is also a plus.

Nice To Haves

Experience scaling a fast-growing company nationally and internationally.
Experience at private and public companies.
Admission in other jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

Provide pragmatic day-to-day employment law advice to unblock business needs, mitigate risk, and incorporate best employment compliance practices.
Serve as a key partner to the People team and business leaders, providing legal, strategic, and operational framework for an expanding global workforce.
Advise on best practices and risk mitigation for the entire employee life-cycle (from recruiting to separation).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure employment policies, practices, and programs are legally sound and best in class.
Maintain employment templates, policies, and training.
Serve as the primary point of contact for employment pre-litigation and litigation matters, including agency charges, discovery, motion practice, witness preparation, settlement negotiations, and trial/arbitration strategies.
Supervise and direct outside counsel support as necessary.
Partner closely with the People and Operations team to assist in the scaling of Nuro’s non-exempt workforce, including wage and hour compliance, drug testing regulations, and terminations.
Own the employment legal and operation strategy for international growth and mobility issues, including to the EU, Asia, and Canada.
Partner closely on internal investigations and employee relations matters, including processes, policies, and recommendations.
Support and advise on a wide variety of cross-functional areas, including leaves of absences and accommodations, performance management, contingent workers, compensation, privacy, immigration, and export control compliance.