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Salary: USD 190,000 - 280,000 / annual
Canva is seeking a Senior Employment Legal Counsel to join its dynamic global legal team, reporting to the Global Head of Employment Legal based in Australia. This is a high-impact regional role with genuine global reach, supporting Canva's Americas operations while contributing to complex company-wide projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as trusted employment legal partner for the Americas region, collaborating with People teams, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Provide practical, commercially-minded advice on employment matters including performance management, disciplinary processes, grievances, contingent workers, global mobility, and employee relations
- Prepare and negotiate employment-related documentation, including separation agreements
- Support and manage employment disputes and litigation
- Conduct employment classification reviews and support compliance initiatives
- Lead complex, time-sensitive regional and company-wide employment projects, coordinating internal stakeholders and external advisers
- Contribute to development, implementation, and review of workplace policies, processes, guidance, and templates aligned with local laws and practices
- Liaise with external counsel in the US and other jurisdictions as needed
- Support company-wide learning initiatives, including delivering training on employment-related topics
Canva is a rapidly scaling design platform with offices in Sydney and San Francisco. The role offers flexibility in how and where you work, with the primary location in San Francisco. The legal team works on innovative technologies with interesting legal considerations, requiring expertise in complex regulatory matters and product compliance in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of relevant experience in a respected law firm and/or in-house, ideally supporting a rapidly growing international technology company
- Admission to and good standing with a US state bar
- Strong working knowledge of employment law across multiple US states, with ability to apply knowledge pragmatically in a commercial environment
- Good judgment and collaborative, flexible approach to problem-solving
- Ability to communicate complex matters clearly and provide pragmatic, risk-aware advice
- Strong sense of ownership, "can do" attitude, and ability to navigate stakeholders and drive projects forward
