Senior Legal Counsel & Employment Expert

Papaya Global•Barcelona, CT

About The Position

Papaya Global is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel & Employment Expert to join its growing Legal team. The role serves as a professional point of contact for the company and its clients on commercial contracts and global employment law matters. The position provides employment-law advice and support across issues such as recruiting and hiring, performance management, terminations, compensation, restrictive covenants, and litigation; prepares and negotiates employment-related documents and commercial contracts; and advises clients and global partners on employment law. The counsel also works with departments across the company and provides general corporate legal advice as needed. The role uses AI-powered tools and workflows for legal drafting, contract analysis and review, employment-law research, legal summarization, cross-jurisdiction analysis, knowledge management, and legal operations, while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and professional judgment.

Requirements

Attorney or lawyer with 4+ years of experience as in-house counsel in a High-Tech or Fintech company and as an attorney at a prominent law firm.
Expertise in local and international labor and employment laws.
Hands-on experience using AI tools as an integral part of legal workflows, including legal drafting, contract review, employment-law research, legal summarization, and cross-jurisdiction legal analysis.
Ability to leverage and implement AI-assisted workflows, including building AI-driven processes and automation for a legal team, while maintaining legal accuracy, confidentiality, and professional judgment.
Attention to detail.
Good organizational and time-management skills.
Ability to multitask; self-motivated and persistent.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Comfortable serving a global customer base and interacting in a multicultural environment.
Ability to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely.

Nice To Haves

Experience in human resources or a related field.
Experience in litigation.

Responsibilities

Handle global employment issues and serve as the expert point of contact for labor and employment law matters, including litigation.
Provide day-to-day advice and support on employment and labor issues, including recruiting and hiring, performance management, terminations, compensation, and restrictive covenants.
Draft, revise, and advise on employee-related documents, including employment agreements, contractor agreements, and separation agreements.
Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with clients, partners, vendors, and third parties, including services agreements, NDAs, DPAs, and SaaS agreements.
Provide the company's clients with legal guidance and explanations on employment law topics.
Work with the company's global partners on employment legal issues.
Coordinate clients' legal and commercial needs with relevant legal considerations.
Work with Sales, Product, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Success teams on diverse legal issues.
Provide general corporate law advice as needed.
Use AI-powered tools to support legal workflows, including contract analysis, legal drafting, employment-law research, and synthesis of multi-jurisdictional requirements.
Apply AI-assisted capabilities and workflows to improve consistency, efficiency, quality, scalability, legal knowledge management, and internal legal operations while maintaining legal accuracy, confidentiality, and professional judgment.