Senior Corporate Counsel – Employment Law, Leave & Accommodations
T-Mobile
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bellevue • Kansas • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $144,100 - $260,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Represent T-Mobile and handle leave-and-accommodations advice and litigation (primarily in arbitration)
- Advise business units and Human Resources on other employment legal matters, primarily within the Customer Care line of business
- Prepare agency position statements and demand-letter responses
- Leverage your subject-matter expertise to advise on multi-jurisdiction leave and accommodation compliance, balancing legal risk with efficient plan administration
- Engage and work with outside counsel to manage employment litigation, with a focus on leave and accommodations issues in employment arbitrations
- Identify and implement creative litigation strategies and thoughtfully manage litigation costs
- Provide practical, day-to-day counseling to HR and other internal clients to identify and manage employment legal risks outside the leave-and-accommodations arena
- Prepare responses to agency charges and demand letters
- Develop and review written HR policies, guidelines, templates, and forms
- Develop and deliver legal training to HR and other internal clients
- Provide employment law advice regarding internal investigations
- Advise and help clients understand employment law related compliance issues
- Counsel and advise clients on a wide variety of complex and developing employment-related legal and business issues
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as an employment attorney, with relevant in-house and/or top law firm experience
- Minimum 4 years, strongly prefer 6+ years, of focused work on leave and accommodation issues across the country
- Ability to work independently and effectively despite ambiguity and rapid change
- Excellent writing skills, with a focus on providing practical advice
- Amazing oral communication skills, with a focus on clearly and simply conveying complex employment law concepts, risks, and options to HR and other internal clients
- Strong judgement that allows you to properly weigh what’s best for our customers and our business, what’s best for our employees, and potential legal risks
- Strong project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals in a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently
- A keen business sense with negotiation and drafting skills
- Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple, and sometimes competing, priorities
- Must be licensed, in good standing, to practice law in the US
- At least 18 years of age
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible spending account
- 401(k)
- Employee stock grants
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays
- Paid parental and family leave
- Family building benefits
- Back-up care
- Enhanced family support
- Childcare subsidy
- Tuition assistance
- College coaching
- Short- and long-term disability
- Voluntary AD&D coverage
- Voluntary accident coverage
- Voluntary life insurance
- Voluntary disability insurance
- Voluntary long-term care insurance
- Mobile service & home internet discounts
- Pet insurance
- Access to commuter and transit programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
employment lawleave and accommodation compliancelitigation strategiesagency position statementsdemand-letter responsesinternal investigationsHR policy developmentlegal training deliveryproject managementnegotiation and drafting
Soft Skills
independent workexcellent writingoral communicationstrong judgementcollaborationbusiness senseefficiencydeadline managementprioritizationadaptability
Certifications
licensed to practice law in the US