Senior Legal Counsel (Employment)

Job summary
Permanent contract
Mountain View, CA
A few days at home
Salary: $211.6K to 290.9K
Experience: > 5 years
Skills & expertise
Employment law
Business acumen
Communication skills
Collaboration and teamwork
Team building
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Job description

  • As a Senior Legal Counsel, Employment, you will be tasked with providing strategic, practical employment legal advice across a global organization. This role will partner closely with the People team and cross-functional stakeholders, with a primary focus on the United States while supporting other jurisdictions outside of the US as needed
  • Act as a trusted advisor on the full employee lifecycle, including complex hiring, performance management, executive compensation, and sensitive terminations
  • Partner closely with the People team and other internal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate employment-related risks
  • Own the development, review, and rollout of employment policies, templates, employee handbooks, practices, and best-in-class frameworks that scale globally while accounting for local requirements, including addressing complex or high-risk matters, sensitive employee issues, and strategic initiatives
  • Lead and take initiative on internal investigations, including employee complaints, workplace conduct matters, and policy violations, and advise on and support any required remediation efforts
  • Leverage data and analytics to track employment trends, manage operational spend, and present clear insights to legal and People leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making across a complex matrix organization
  • Manage outside counsel relationships, including invoice review and approvals, spend monitoring, rate negotiations, and maintaining a matter tracker, to control costs and improve outcomes

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employee assistance program
  • Gym reimbursement
  • Incentive-based challenges
  • Mental health and mindfulness
  • Unlimited Time Off
  • Grandparent Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Paid Sick Time
  • Paid Holidays
  • 16 weeks Gender-Neutral Parental Leave
  • Restricted Stock Unit Program
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Life Insurance
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • 401K
  • Team building activities
  • Celebrations and social gatherings
  • Community volunteering events
  • Global all hands and local town hall events

Preferred experience

  • We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes
  • Both a collaborative teammate and able to work independently
  • Well-grounded knowledge of US employment law
  • Sound and practical business judgment
  • Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced and demanding work environment, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Preferred: 4+ years of in-house experience at a technology company
  • Preferred: Experience with the employment side of M&A, integrations, and restructurings
  • Preferred: Experience with AI tools to streamline research, analyze data trends, and scale legal support across a growing global team
  • Comfort working with data: building metrics, spotting trends, and presenting clear, concise insights to senior leaders
  • A JD (or an equivalent) with 8+ years of employment law experience, including significant in-house experience
  • Familiarity with and experience advising on key employment law frameworks such as non-competes, separations, disability claims, and hiring practices (including background checks and pay transparency)
  • A bias and drive for action, learning and problem solving
  • Preferred: Experience advising on sales commission plans and other sales compensation matters
  • Preferred: Familiarity with employee benefit plans and related compliance
  • Preferred: Experience advising on employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, ideally including APJ and Israel
  • High responsiveness with a service-focused approach

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