Managing Counsel, Employment Legal

About Remote

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 Managing Counsel, Employment (Individual Contributor), joining our Legal Team. We are looking for a talented and eager employment lawyer, who is interested in helping with our team’s mission, namely: to deliver pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote’s products and stakeholders, while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk.

As Remote is increasing its global footprint, every expansion into a new country brings myriad legal issues. The Legal Team is responsible for the legal soundness of our business models, contractual agreements with clients and their staff (i.e. the employees we hire under our “Employer of Record” service – our “external employees”), legally compliant employee management and data protection compliance amongst other areas.

The team is built of talented highly motivated lawyers from a whole host of different countries, with some awesome experiences and we are looking for a great match for them. This role is as an employment specialist within the Employment, Product & Commercial Legal team, a sub-team of our Legal Team.

Our Employment team is primarily responsible for:

• Supporting our Employee Lifecycle and People teams in managing internal and external employees;
• Ensuring Remote products’ and platform’s compliance with employment laws across jurisdictions; and
• Assisting other teams such as our International Operations team with expanding into new territories and and Product team in streamlining our product.

What you bring

• Qualified French lawyer (mandatory)
• Experience in advisory and contentious employment law including the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are the key areas) in multiple jurisdictions
• Passionate about tech (particularly HR tech) products
• Previous in-house experience in an HR Tech, IT or SAAS company is a strong plus
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to switch between multiple different projects
• Well-versed in modern business and legal tools such as Slack and Notion
• Eager to learn about different legal systems
• Writes and speaks fluent English and French
• It is not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities 

• Advise on a wide range of employment law issues across multiple jurisdictions, including advising on complex internal and external employee matters
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure timely and effective completion of projects, managing risks and aligning with business objectives
• Contribute to the Legal Team's knowledge base and expertise while working to build your own unique knowledge base within the Team
• Master employment law and contracts for particular region or regions (EMEA, APAC, etc.) and different employment law subject matters (terminations, employee management, onboardings, compliance, litigation etc.)
• Identify company-wide employment law legal issues and work with key internal stakeholders and external partners to implement efficient and effective solutions
• Contribute to the Legal team’s sustainable growth and structure, raising internal awareness to the legal teams’s work and expertise
• Build relationships with key senior stakeholders across the organisation, evolving the role of the Legal team in order to add maximum value to the business and improve Remote’s service and product

Practicals

• You'll report to: Managing Counsel, Employment Legal
• Direct reports: N/A
• Team: Legal - Commercial, Product & Employment Legal
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from EMEA locations as we encourage our teams to diversify;
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

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 above in-location 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 hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $67,950 USD to $152,900 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base 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, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Interview with team members (no managers present)
4. Bar Raiser Interview
5. Prior employment verification check 

Benefits

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.

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.