Director, Employment Legal

Airwallex

Director, Employment Legal overseeing litigation and employment matters at Airwallex. Ensuring compliance and managing risks in a hybrid work environment with a team-oriented approach.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Steer a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters including employee and contractor negotiations, disputes, unfair dismissal claims, employee & workplace investigations, etc.
Lead litigious matters and manage outside counsel involving Airwallex and/or its counterparties. Work closely with stakeholders to devise solutions for Airwallex that minimize risk in a prudent and effective manner.
Trusted advisor to the Global People & Talent team on employee policies, employee related matters, including employee compensation insurance, investigations, termination, conflict of interest.
Maintaining standards of employment contract templates and operating procedures for the Global People & Talent team. These include employment, contractor and people related contracts, including employer of record (EOR) service providers.
Counsel to other Legal Specialist areas (including Data & Privacy, Product teams)
Partner with the Data & Privacy team to ensure advice given to People & Talent and the Group on HR data handling are consistent with appropriate data protection laws and Group policies.
Orchestrating Employee Equity Programs, with assistance from the Company Secretary and Airwallex’s whistleblowing platform and policy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A minimum of 10 years post qualification experience with litigation and employment law experience obtained with top firms and in-house roles, preferably with multinational corporations.
Experience managing and growing a team of lawyers.
Experience dealing with US litigation - both employment and non-employment related.
Strong stakeholder management skills - ability to provide actionable, practicable advice to stakeholders.
Strong adaptability with managing new / unfamiliar jurisdictions or issues - ability to manage and lead external counsel in an organized and cost efficient way.
Experience in dealing with contentious and non-contentious litigation matters and employment law issues.
Experience in creating standard operating procedures (SOPs) and templates, creating “best practices” for the HR / Employment team.
Relishes and thrives in a fast paced, fast growing company.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan
Short-term and long-term disability
Basic life insurance
Well-being benefits
20 paid days of vacation
12 paid days of company holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

litigationemployment lawcontract negotiationemployee investigationsdispute resolutionstandard operating proceduresemployee equity programsdata protection lawsHR data handlingconflict of interest

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementadaptabilityteam managementpractical adviceorganizational skillsleadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationrisk managementfast-paced environment