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Salary: USD 160,000 - 212,500 / annual
Adyen is a global financial technology platform providing payments, data, and financial products to major customers including Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft. We are seeking an Employment Counsel based in New York to join our global Legal team.
In this role, you will be the dedicated US employment law resource for Adyen, owning employment litigation and disputes across the United States, managing external counsel relationships, and advising business and HR colleagues on high-risk employment matters. This is a unique opportunity to build employment legal infrastructure from the ground up in the US region while collaborating with our Employment Counsel in Amsterdam and HR Business Partners globally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and manage US employment disputes and litigation through resolution, aligning with global strategy and management
- Instruct and manage external counsel across jurisdictions, holding firms accountable on scope, budget, and quality
- Advise on employment risk, balancing legal exposure against practical business outcomes
- Partner with HR colleagues on escalated employee matters, providing legal judgment and privilege where needed
- Build frameworks, playbooks, and legal review of critical employment policies in collaboration with Amsterdam-based Employment Counsel
- Provide generalist employment law advice across wage and hour, discrimination and accommodation, classification, leave, and pay transparency
- Develop and implement global employment legal frameworks that extend beyond the US, shaping strategy across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regions
- Train and upskill HR colleagues, people leads, and managers to embed good employment practices proactively
Requirements:
- 7+ years of employment law experience, either in-house or at a law firm, with strong US employment litigation experience running matters through agencies and courts, and directing external counsel
- Employment law generalist comfortable navigating unsettled legal areas; able to provide clear recommendations, explain accepted risks, and own decisions
- In-house legal mindset: tie advice to business objectives and distinguish real risks from theoretical ones
- Ability to work autonomously and manage work independently; comfortable being the sole employment lawyer in a region and building from that position
- Global perspective; do not default to any single jurisdiction; collaborate easily with legal and HR colleagues across US, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC
- Sound judgment on sensitive and confidential matters; ability to structure and prioritize work in high-volume, fast-paced environment
- Admitted to practice in the United States and in good standing
- Available to work from New York office with periodic travel to other offices
- Fluent in English (written and spoken); additional languages a plus
