VP, Employment & Litigation Counsel

Tailored Brands • Dublin, CA

22h • $186,596 - $310,897 • Hybrid

About The Position

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a VP, Employment & Litigation Counsel to join our Legal team. This individual will lead the Company’s employment law, labor relations, litigation, and pre-litigation strategy across the enterprise. The role serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, Human Resources, and business leaders on complex people-related legal matters, oversees outside counsel and litigation management, and helps shape practical, risk-based solutions that support the business while protecting the Company.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one state bar in good standing.
• 12+ years of combined employment law and litigation experience, including significant in-house and/or law firm experience advising multi-state employers.
• Strong litigation management experience, including experience with complex litigation, oversight of outside counsel, case strategy, budgeting, discovery, mediation experience and settlement evaluation, and agency proceedings.
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leave, disability accommodation, reductions in force, and workplace policy compliance.
• Experience advising Human Resources and senior business leaders on complex employee relations matters and high-judgment workplace decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to balance legal risk with business realities and provide clear, practical, solution-oriented counsel in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to influence across functions while handling sensitive and confidential matters with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop strategy for the Company’s overall litigation and pre-litigation portfolio, including claims, demand letters, agency charges, subpoenas, and other disputes, from early risk assessment through resolution.
• Develop and present clear risk assessments and recommendations to senior leadership, including periodic portfolio updates, reserve discussions, and KPI reporting.
• Lead the Company’s employment law strategy and provide practical legal advice on employee relations, workplace investigations, policy interpretation, wage and hour compliance, leave and accommodation matters, reductions in force, restrictive covenants, and separation issues.
• Provide counsel on operational and commercial issues by partnering closely with key business partners including Human Resources, Employee Relations, Internal Audit, and departmental leaders to assess legal risk, support investigations, and guide decision-making on sensitive and high-impact matters.
• Partnering with Finance on reserves, accruals, and reporting for litigated and pre-litigation matters, including insurer reporting requirements where applicable.
• Managing and coordinating insurance-related activities for applicable matters.
• Advise on labor and union-related issues, including union avoidance, collective activity, organizing responses, unfair labor practice risk, and strategy related to represented and non-represented workforces, as applicable.
• Develop and maintain employment-related and certain consumer-facing policies, templates, trainings, and playbooks that improve consistency, strengthen compliance, and equip leaders to make informed decisions.
• Support transactions, reorganizations, and other business initiatives by identifying overall litigation and business risks.
• Build strong relationships across the Company and serve as a strategic thought partner on evolving legal developments, emerging risk areas, and the design of people practices that align with business needs.
• Direct and manage outside counsel, including selection, staffing, budgeting, billing discipline, and guidelines to ensure high-quality legal work, sound case strategy, efficient spend management, and consistent positions across matters and jurisdictions.

Benefits

• health, dental and vision insurance
• prescription drug
• retirement savings (401k, employer-funded retirement plans, deferred compensation, and other defined-benefit or defined-contribution)
• life insurance
• accident and disability
• paid time off for sick leave, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays (9 days per year)
• wellbeing program
• commuter
• adoption assistance
• legal services
• employee merchandise discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree