Senior Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Remote's Legal team as a Senior Legal Counsel and make a difference in the global HR-tech space. This role involves supporting the Legal Core Team, taking ownership of complex legal projects, and mentoring junior team members. You will partner with internal stakeholders, develop template contracts and knowledge resources, conduct legal research, and enhance the legal function within Remote. The position requires a qualified lawyer with Canadian employment law experience, extensive legal practice experience, and excellent communication skills. Remote offers a fully remote position with competitive benefits, including flexible paid time off, flexible working hours, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and more. The base salary range is $54,400 to $122,350 USD.

Requirements

• Experienced and qualified lawyer in US or Canada with Canadian employment law experience
• Interested in working for a tech-scaleup and specifically HR-tech
• Extensive experience in legal practice, preferably in labor and employment law
• Ability to learn and master Remote's communication application (Slack), contract management system, documentation sources (Notion, Google Drive), and task management systems (Notion, ZenDesk)
• Eager to learn about different legal systems and employment laws (as we are a global company)
• Creative legal thinker – we often need innovative, out-of-the-box solutions
• Excellent communication skills: writes and speaks fluent English; additional languages would be helpful. Able to distill complex issues into concise and clear language
• Proven ability to work autonomously and lead legal projects
• Proven experience in mentoring and guiding junior legal professionals

Responsibilities

• Support and partner with different internal stakeholders such as Sales team, Customer Experience, Onboarding, Lifecycle, and other operational teams at Remote. Effectively manage internal and external client expectations and adopt a customer centric approach
• Proactively identify areas for improvement and help us to develop excellent template contracts, playbooks, standard operating procedures and knowledge resources for all our products, with a focus in the EOR product
• Conduct in-depth legal research on new products and new laws, identifying potential risks and opportunities
• Drive the development and enhancement of the legal function within Remote, implementing best practices and innovative solutions
• Mentor, train, and support junior legal team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment
• Manage relationships with Local Counsel when legal matters need to be escalated to external lawyers
• Manage local counsel and lead litigations and collections matters, when necessary
• Proactively identify and propose innovative solutions to legal problems and processes
• Expertly manage internal and client escalations where necessary
• Collaborate with the Legal Ops team in efficiency and AI projects related to your areas of expertise

Preferred Qualifications

It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Flexible paid time off
• 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