Remote Associate General Counsel

Summary

Join Remote as Associate General Counsel - Core team and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space. As a senior qualified lawyer with in-house experience, you will lead the Core legal team, ensuring efficient and effective routine legal processes, knowledge management, and policy keeping. You will collaborate closely with the Head of Legal Ops to empower global business growth by streamlining legal and operational processes, ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Senior qualified lawyer with in-house experience
• Previous experience working for a tech or SAAS company
• Legal Operations background or experience a plus
• No requirement to be qualified in any particular jurisdiction, but a good familiarity with global laws and trends, with a focus on the HR business and employment law
• Team leadership and management experience
• Experience in advisory and contentious employment law including the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are the key areas)
• Experience in advising on law issues in multiple jurisdictions. Extensive and proven experience in different areas of law (i.e. generalist profile), with a strong understanding of contract negotiation, litigation, and regulatory compliance
• Passionate about tech and HR tech products
• Technologically competent with experience using (or the ability to quickly master) applications, such as Slack, Juro, Notion, Google Drive, Asana, Kissflow or equivalent
• Experience working cross-functionally with payroll and other operational teams teams supporting our products
• Ability to provide strategic legal advice that aligns with business objectives and drives product innovation and commercial success
• Demonstrated ability to identify potential legal issues and develop practical, proactive solutions
• Ability to oversee and provide guidance to senior and junior lawyers
• Alignment with our values of humble and respectful communication

Responsibilities

• Take on a senior leadership role within the Core team, working alongside with Core team managers on recruiting and building the team for success across different jurisdictions and timezones
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Legal Ops, to ensure the team reaches its mission of empowering global business growth by streamlining legal and operational processes, ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction, and optimising resources to drive agility and scalability
• Managing and mentoring the Core legal team, including setting goals, providing feedback, and ensuring the professional growth of team members. This also includes fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring that the team is equipped to handle the organization’s legal challenges
• Collaborating with other departments and senior stakeholders (e.g., finance, HR, marketing) to provide legal guidance and ensure that all business operations are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Director will often serve as the key legal advisor to the executive leadership team
• Contribute to the Core team’s sustainable growth and structure, raising internal awareness to the legal teams’s work and expertise
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation, evolving the role of the Core Legal team in order to add maximum value to the business
• Advise Sales, Product, Onboarding, Payroll & Benefits, Customer Success/User Happiness, Growth and Partnerships, Employee Lifecycle, International Operations, Finance and People teams on a wide range of legal issues across multiple jurisdictions
• Manage external local counsel and manage legal projects with internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to internal knowledge bases so that our colleagues can increasingly self-serve
• Assist with other legal, advisory, regulatory and compliance work as required

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Unlimited personal time off (minimum 4 weeks)
• Quarterly company-wide day off for self care
• Flexible working hours (we are async )
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Stock options
• Learning budget
• Home office budget & IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces