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Senior Counsel, Employment and Labor

EIS Group
Posted Nov 21
Full TimeRemote
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SENIOR COUNSEL, EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR
Join the EIS legal team and have the opportunity to make an immediate contribution to our continuing global growth and success. This is a hands-on position.
 
You will support our Human Resources function, with a primary focus on helping build and improve global processes and policies and advising on employee relations issues worldwide. We seek a highly motivated and hardworking teammate to take ownership of key projects, procedures, and initiatives and closely partner with Human Resources and business functions across EIS. You will be integral to helping grow and scale the Legal Department, and in turn, will have a unique opportunity to develop professionally. You will have direct access to the Company’s executives across the globe. Low bureaucracy. This role can be remote and will report to the Chief Legal Officer.
 
Personal Characteristics:
  • Highly collaborative with a strong desire to make a significant impact.
  • Flexible, creative, and self-motivated—shows initiative and perseverance, resourcefulness, a strong work ethic and
    maintains a sense of humor.
  • Demonstrated business sense and legal judgment, with the ability to be both strategic and detail oriented.
  • You will possess outstanding negotiating, writing, speaking, and analytical skills; strong organizational and project management skills; an ability to work dedicatedly in an entrepreneurial, fast paced, and high growth environment; a desire to be invigorated by a collaborative, innovative and decisive culture; a high degree of accountability, professional motivation and drive; and ease in developing relationships of trust and confidence both within and outside EIS.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as our internal employment law expert, providing day-to-day proactive support to the HR team regarding global employment law advice, assistance, and counseling.
  • You will work closely with HR to develop, maintain, and implement employment-related policies and training.
  • Draft and review employment-related documents, including offer letters, employment agreements, separation agreements, non-compete provisions, warning letters, etc. for compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Assist in developing and continuously improving our U.S. and international employee handbooks in various countries.
  • Create and continuously improve global employment documents library, including US offer letters, global employment agreements and related documents.
  • Develop best-in-class employment law practices, procedures, and policies.
  • Coordinate with regional counsel to ensure consistent application of process and standards globally.
  • Coordinate with Human Resources to prioritize, respond to, and manage employee relations concerns, investigations, employee departures, litigation, and agency charges.
  • Assist in developing and continuously improving our U.S. and international employee handbooks in various countries.
  • Support our global compensation and benefits programs.
  • Oversee and direct internal investigations.
  • Work collaboratively and responsively with a broad range of colleagues in the U.S. and globally, ensuring strong relationships between Legal, Human Resources, Finance, Stock Administration, IT, Operations, and Corporate Development to facilitate a coordinated team approach.
  • Work cross-functionally with our Privacy, Cyber Security, and Compliance team.
  • Pitch-in on whatever legal work needs doing, whenever it needs to be done.

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience focused on employment law working corporate in- house legal department.  
  • Must have proven global experience with strong preference of enterprise technology, software product, SaaS, or related experience.
  • J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school. Member in good standing in any state bar.
  • Possess the drive and ability to balance working autonomously and collaboratively in a highly dynamic fast-paced environment. Ability to work on your own without administrative or paralegal assistance. Can use outside attorneys but not the go-to solution.
  • Flexible and creative, with the initiative to contemplate multiple solutions to issues and to proactively and reliably drive complex projects.
  • Comfortable handling multiple projects and transactions in parallel, often with short deadlines.
  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated startup initiative - ability to self-manage, find creative ways to work through barriers, actively learn necessary skills, and manage projects to completion with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels and varying functions of the Company.
  • Prior experience working at or with technology companies.
  • California and Global employment law experience.

Compensation

The targeted pay range for this position is $170,000 - 200,000 yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to your salary, you will also receive stock options as part of our offer, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should formally apply via the careers site.

EIS Group will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code or any other applicable laws

About EIS

EIS Group is the technology innovator for insurance.

EIS is an insurance software company that enables leading insurers to innovate and operate like a tech company: fast, simple, agile. Founded in 2008, EIS provides an open, flexible platform of core systems and digital solutions allowing insurers to accelerate and scale innovation, launch products faster, deliver new revenue channels, and create experiences the world will love. With thousands of APIs, the platform gives insurers the freedom to connect to a vast ecosystem of insurtech and emerging technologies. EIS powers premium growth for insurers in all lines of business worldwide. For more information visit EISGroup.com

After you submit your application for this job vacancy, your personal data will be processed according to the applicable data protection and privacy laws and will be stored in the HR unit of EIS. No personal data will be disclosed to third parties without your consent.
 
EIS does not use Artificial Intelligence tools or any Generative AI applications in the recruitment and hiring process as part of the screening, assessing or selection process.
 
At EIS we know that the diversity of our workforce is a strength. We consider for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, military or veteran status.

EIS does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party agencies and has no fee obligation.