Remote

Senior Legal Counsel, Core

Remote

full-time

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Origin:  • 🌎 Anywhere in the World

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Salary

💰 $54,400 - $122,350 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • 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

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