Managing Counsel, Employment Legal

About Remote

Remote is building the infrastructure that makes global payroll and employment possible for everyone, everywhere. Our team is made up of people who want to own a piece of that work, not just contribute to it. That work happens across six continents, only Antarctica left to go, entirely remote. It also requires real fluency with AI in every role, not just familiarity with it.

Our standards are high, and the ownership is total. You'll have the trust and space to find your own way to the best answer, and the support to see it through, because that's how we build things that actually work at this scale. In return, your career grows faster, because at Remote, growth is tied to results. We're founded on the principle that where someone lives should never limit what they can achieve, and we operate exactly that way.

Job Description

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as a Managing Counsel, Employment Legal (US), joining our Legal Team as part of the Employment Specialists. Remote's Legal Team delivers pragmatic, innovative legal solutions while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk. As Remote grows and adds new products, the volume and complexity of legal issues also scale across 90+ jurisdictions.

This is a backfill role. In this senior individual contributor position, you will own complex, high-impact employment law matters, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and help scale legal support across Remote’s global employment operations.

More specifically, our Employment Specialists team:

• Supports our Employee Lifecycle and People teams in managing internal and external employees;
• Ensures Remote's compliance with employment laws across jurisdictions; and
• Assists other teams such as our International Operations team with local entity compliance and the Product team in streamlining our product and ensuring labor law compliance.

What you bring

• US-qualified lawyer; this is mandatory.
• Solid experience as a senior legal employment counsel, with a strong track record handling advisory and contentious matters across the employee lifecycle.
• Experience leading on complex internal and external employee matters independently.
• Experience advising across multiple jurisdictions.
• Good understanding and experience with tech and HR tech products.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Writes and speaks fluent English.
• Technologically competent with Slack, CLM tools, Notion, Google Drive, AI tools, Zendesk, or equivalent tools.
• In-house legal experience preferred.
• Experience in a tech or fast-paced start-up environment preferred
• Fluent in multiple languages preferred
• Experience working remotely preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic employment law advice across multiple jurisdictions, covering both internal and external employee matters.
• Lead on complex advisory and contentious employment matters across the employee lifecycle, including both internal and external employees.
• Identify company-wide legal issues and implement scalable solutions in partnership with stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives, driving alignment across Legal, People, Operations, and other teams.
• Shape team knowledge standards, building subject-matter expertise and creating reusable resources.
• Set best practices and governance frameworks to improve efficiency and legal service delivery.
• Manage external local counsel and oversee complex employment projects across jurisdictions.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Managing Counsel, Employment
• Team: Legal
• Location: AMER preferred
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with Hiring Manager
3. Written exercise
4. Interview with Senior Director, Employment, Product and Commercial
5. Bar Raiser Interview
6. Prior employment verification check

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• flexible paid time off
• flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• budget towards co-working spaces, learning and wellness (including gym memberships)
• mental health support services
• stock options
• home office budget & IT equipment

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Compensation

$66,300 to $186,400

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay locally competitive rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hire globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The interviewer will share further details with the candidate on the more restricted pay range for the role in line with their specific location. The individual pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, internal parity, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is $66,300 to $186,400.