Senior Corporate Counsel
Abridge
Employment Counsel
Instacart
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $187,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Handling and resolving a wide variety of litigation and pre-litigation employment matters in state and federal courts and administrative forums, especially matters involving worker classification.
- Managing outside counsel, including providing tactical guidance to ensure alignment with Instacart’s broader legal strategies.
- Ability to manage high volume portfolio that could encompass a variety of employment matters, including: litigation; unemployment claims; administrative audits; agency charges; and workers’ compensation claims.
- Partnering closely with Human Resources and business partners to evaluate legal risks and provide subject matter knowledge on a broad range of employment issues, including wage and hour, recruiting and hiring, training, employee performance management, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, and HR best practices.
- Drafting and revising a variety of employment-related agreements and other written content such as offer letters, contractor agreements, vendor agreements, and more.
- Helping to develop and implement scalable self-service tools and processes for the HR and Operations teams as the company grows.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to structure contractor and employment law compliance across U.S. and international jurisdictions.
- Thinking ahead, seeing around corners, and helping to prepare for and address contractor and employment issues that may arise in the future.
Requirements
- J.D. from a top-tier law school.
- Active membership with at least one state bar (preferably California but not required).
- A minimum of 5-7 years of related experience in employment litigation and counseling at a leading law firm, including advising on international workforces.
- Deep experience with employment laws in multiple states (including California) and foreign jurisdictions (including Australia, Canada, China, EU, and UK) across a wide range of issues.
- Proven track record of providing pragmatic and reasoned advice to HR and business partners.
- Excellent writing and communication skill.
- Ability to efficiently handle and organize multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to make quick but informed decisions and to advocate for a position that mitigates risk while advancing the business’ goals.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves, get into the legal nitty gritty, and the ability to exercise sound judgment when approaching novel problems without clear answers.
Benefits
- Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
- Eligible for a new hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
employment litigationpre-litigation mattersworker classificationemployment lawscontractor agreementsvendor agreementswage and hour issuesunemployment claimsworkers' compensation claimsadministrative audits
Soft skills
excellent writingcommunication skillsproject managementdecision makingrisk mitigationcollaborationproblem solvingorganizational skillstactical guidancesubject matter expertise
Certifications
J.D.active state bar membership
