Director, Senior Managing Counsel

Summary

Join Oyster, a global employment platform, as an experienced attorney to lead the corporate legal team. This fully remote position requires EU citizenship and a time zone within +1 / +3 UTC. You will manage corporate governance and compliance programs, provide legal advice, develop company policies, and ensure compliance with regulations like SOC I/II and B Corp standards. The role involves leading a team of specialists, collaborating across departments, and mitigating legal risks. Oyster offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, mental health support, a wellbeing allowance, flexible parental leave, and a work-from-home stipend.

Requirements

• EU Citizenship is mandatory
• Juris Doctorate or LLM, or like qualification
• 7+ years of legal experience, with 5+ years in an in-house counsel role, preferably at a publicly traded company
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Prior experience in a multinational company or dealing with cross-border legal issues
• Prior experience managing corporate subsidiaries and/or acting as corporate secretary or subsidiary director
• Experience building relationships across the organization and managing the full cycle of compliance projects, including obtaining key stakeholder buy-in
• A strong communicator who works for not only their own success but the success of the team
• Demonstrates the ability to learn new things, work on a variety of issues, and work under pressure in order to add value to the company
• Highly organized, proactive, and uses independent judgment
• Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility and a sense of humor. Work hard and help others. Celebrate wins
• Experience with remote work
• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English language skills

Responsibilities

• Day-to-Day Management of Oyster’s corporate governance program, including management of the entity management team and serving as a Director for Oyster subsidiaries
• Day-to-day management of Oyster’s compliance program, including management of the risk and compliance teams
• Provide responsive and pragmatic legal advice to carry out the company's business and protect the company's interests and rights
• Development and implementation of company policies in collaboration with other Oyster teams
• Responsible for Oyster’s SOC I/II and BCorp compliance efforts, which include ongoing monitoring of control environments, evolving reporting, and oversight to match organizational expansion
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations
• Identify risks and causes of main legal contingencies or exposures and work cross-functionally to mitigate same
• Evaluate changes in legislation and jurisprudence that might impact business and work cross-functionally to ensure compliance with the same
• Analytics experience and ability to incorporate compliance monitoring in existing business processes
• Respond to requests for information related to Oyster’s regulatory and compliance obligations
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working with EOR, fintech, or SaaS companies
• Familiarity with Notion and Asana, Project Management Principles, Audit or compliance certifications

Benefits

• Work from anywhere: Oyster is a borderless, HQ-less company. As long as your work gets done on time, your team has the support they need, and you're authorized to work where you live, the world is truly your Oyster
• Paid time off: We’re all about taking breaks—we all need it. Oyster provides employees with 40 days off each year, which includes public/bank holidays and vacation/holiday leave (unless your country mandates more)
• Mental health support: We consider your mental health a top priority. We offer access to Plumm , a mental well-being service, to support your mental health
• Wellbeing allowance: Each month, Oyster will top up your ThanksBen wallet with a wellbeing allowance. You can get pretty much anything that your heart desires! ThanksBen offers a wide array of options for spending your wellbeing allowance
• Flexible parental leave: Families are created in lots of different ways. Our parental leave policy applies to all employees who are becoming parents, regardless of how they become a parent. Oysters are eligible for a minimum of three months of paid parental leave and your job will be held for 12 months (or longer if required by local jurisdiction)
• WFH stipend: Stipend to spend on your laptop and any other equipment you need for your home office; we'll get you up and running in no time!