Senior Legal Counsel - Core

Accountabilities

• Support internal stakeholders across Sales, Customer Experience, Onboarding, Lifecycle, and other operational functions by providing practical, customer-focused legal guidance.


• Manage internal and external stakeholder expectations while ensuring legal advice supports business objectives and appropriate risk management.


• Develop and continuously improve template contracts, legal playbooks, standard operating procedures, and knowledge resources, with particular focus on employment-related products and services.


• Conduct in-depth legal research on new products, legal developments, employment matters, and regulatory requirements, identifying potential risks and opportunities.


• Take ownership of complex legal projects and contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of the legal function.


• Identify opportunities to improve legal processes, establish best practices, and implement innovative and scalable solutions.


• Proactively identify legal risks and develop creative, practical, and commercially appropriate solutions to complex legal problems.


• Manage internal and client-facing legal escalations when specialized legal input or senior judgment is required.


• Manage relationships with local counsel and coordinate the escalation of legal matters to external lawyers when necessary.


• Lead litigation and collections matters with external or local counsel when required.


• Mentor, train, and support junior legal team members, contributing to a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.


• Collaborate with Legal Operations on efficiency, automation, and AI initiatives related to areas of legal expertise.


• Help ensure routine legal processes, knowledge management, and policy maintenance are handled efficiently, consistently, and at the appropriate level of legal expertise.


• Contribute to scalable legal support that enables specialized legal teams to focus on higher-priority and more complex matters.

• Qualified and experienced lawyer with substantial professional legal experience.


• Seven or more years of relevant legal practice experience is strongly aligned with the seniority of the role.


• Extensive experience in legal practice, preferably with a strong background in labor and employment law.


• Genuine interest in working within a technology scale-up and the HR technology sector.


• Strong willingness and ability to learn about different legal systems, employment laws, and regulatory frameworks in a global operating environment.


• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate complex legal matters clearly, concisely, and practically.


• Additional language skills are beneficial.


• Strong legal research, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities, combined with a creative and innovative approach to legal challenges.


• Proven ability to work autonomously, prioritize effectively, and take ownership of complex legal projects from start to completion.


• Demonstrated experience mentoring, training, and guiding junior legal professionals.


• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across business and operational teams.


• Comfortable learning and using collaboration, contract management, documentation, and task management technologies in a highly digital environment.


• Ability to adapt quickly to tools such as Slack, contract management systems, knowledge repositories, and task management platforms.


• Strong customer-centric mindset and ability to balance commercial objectives with appropriate legal and compliance considerations.


• Experience working remotely is not required but is considered an advantage.


• Comfortable working asynchronously, proactively taking action, and operating effectively across a globally distributed team.

• Annual salary range of $53,050–$149,150 USD for the full-time position, with actual compensation determined by role level, location, skills, experience, training, business needs, and market conditions.


• Global compensation approach designed to support competitive, location-aware pay and pay equity.


• Fully remote work with the ability to work from anywhere.


• Flexible paid time off.


• Flexible working hours within an asynchronous work environment.


• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.


• Budget for co-working spaces, learning, and wellness activities, including gym memberships.


• Mental health support services.


• Stock options.


• Home office budget and IT equipment.


• Opportunity to work with a globally distributed team spanning multiple continents and legal jurisdictions.


• Significant ownership and autonomy in shaping legal processes and supporting business growth.


• Professional development through complex international legal work, mentoring responsibilities, and exposure to Legal Operations, automation, and AI initiatives.


• Inclusive and flexible working culture designed to support employees in balancing work with personal and family needs.

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