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Remote is a global HR-tech platform that helps organizations recruit, pay, and manage international teams compliantly across 90+ jurisdictions. The company is seeking a Managing Counsel for Employment Legal to join its Legal Team as a senior individual contributor.
In this role, you will own complex, high-impact employment law matters across the US and advise on multi-jurisdictional employment issues. You'll work independently on advisory and contentious matters spanning the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and separation. Key responsibilities include providing strategic employment law advice, leading complex employment matters, identifying company-wide legal issues and implementing scalable solutions, and driving cross-functional initiatives with People, Operations, and Product teams.
You'll shape team knowledge standards, establish best practices and governance frameworks, and manage relationships with external local counsel on complex employment projects. This is a backfill role reporting to the Managing Counsel, Employment, within a fully remote legal team that operates asynchronously across six continents.
Required qualifications: US-qualified lawyer (mandatory); senior-level in-house employment counsel experience with strong track record on advisory and contentious matters; ability to lead complex matters independently across multiple jurisdictions; understanding of tech and HR tech products; excellent analytical and organizational skills; fluent English; technical competency with modern tools (Slack, CLM, Notion, Google Drive, AI tools, Zendesk).
Preferred: in-house legal experience in tech or fast-paced startup environments; remote work experience; fluency in multiple languages. The role is AMER-preferred but fully remote, with an immediate start date.
