Senior Employment Counsel

**Who We Are**:
At Justworks, you'll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We're helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We're data-driven and never stop iterating. If you'd like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we'd love to hear from you.

We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you, you'll fit right in.

**Who You Are**:
As part of the Legal team, Senior Employment Counsel - Americas will guide and implement the legal strategy for our EOR product in support of various functions in the organization, including Product Operations, Expansion, Customer Success, and Sales, among others. You will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to internal stakeholders, ensuring our EOR solutions operate seamlessly and in full compliance with local labor laws. This is a unique opportunity to shape our legal strategy in a rapidly evolving market and make a significant impact on our global growth. You will manage and mentor members of our Legal team, fostering their professional growth and ensuring the team's overall effectiveness.

**Your Success Profile**

**What You Will Work On**:

- Analyze and define legal risks, determine employment requirements, and advise on how to compliantly hire and manage employees as an employer-of-record across different jurisdictions in the Americas.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, and Expansion teams to establish our contractual architecture, risk frameworks, as well as the policies, processes, and workflows required to ensure compliance in existing and new jurisdictions in the Americas.
- Partner with Product to advise on new solutions in the Americas.
- Ensure adherence to the jurisdictional legal requirements in your region across Justworks products, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures.
- Structure, clarify, and escalate complex compliance challenges for the risk-based acceptance of cross-functional leadership groups.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts and assist with corporate matters and transactions in the jurisdictions in your region.
- Work closely with and manage outside counsel relating to various matters.
- Support Sales teams with the resolution of complex employment or contractual requests from potential or existing customers for your region.
- Support Customer Success and Operations teams with the resolution of complex employment requests from existing customers or employees for your region.
- Prepare and enhance Justworks employment documents, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures.
- Manage and instruct external counsel in various jurisdictions within the Americas as needed, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality legal support.
- Prepare and conduct training, as necessary.
- Educate stakeholders on legal matters, policies, and changes in relevant laws and regulations that impact our business.
- Assist in resolving employment-related disputes and litigation.
- Support the development and implementation of new EOR service offerings in the Americas region from a legal perspective.
- Work with other Justworks teams, including Product, Engineering, Customer Success, People, Payments & Tax, Risk & Insurance, Marketing, and Sales relating to various legal and compliance matters.
- Help drive compliance program awareness and handle other related responsibilities. Some travel might be required.
- Manage and mentor members of the Legal team, providing guidance and support for their professional development.
- Other duties as needed based on department and/or organizational needs.

**How You Will Do Your Work**:
As a Senior Employment Counsel - Americas, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

- **Clear communication -**the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
- **Ethical practice -**the ability to integrate core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices.
- **Detail-oriented -** exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
- **Manages complexity -**making sense of complex, high quanti