Senior Director, Employment Legal (EMEA and APAC)

Overview

This role involves leading the employment legal function across the EMEA and APAC regions, providing strategic guidance to support a growing, dynamic, multinational workforce. The position requires a passionate leader who seeks new opportunities to create impactful work.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the employment legal team to ensure consistent, high-quality advice across regions and jurisdictions.
• Align global employment law strategy with EMEA and APAC requirements, business objectives, and company values.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on complex, high-impact employment matters.
• Provide strategic legal guidance on hiring, workforce management, and reorganisations across EMEA and APAC.
• Collaborate with colleagues in NAMER and LATAM to ensure global consistency of policies and stakeholder management.
• Manage external legal counsel and develop a strategic framework for their engagement.
• Design and implement employment policies, processes, and frameworks with appropriate local customisation.
• Monitor employment law developments to ensure timely updates to internal policies and practices.
• Oversee workplace investigations, employee complaints, disputes, and employment-related litigation.
• Support complex cross-border matters, including post-merger integrations and workforce transitions.
• Provide guidance on employee mobility, contractor classification, and immigration-related issues.
• Deliver training programs for managers and HR partners on employment law topics and emerging risks.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in England & Wales with 8+ years post-qualification experience preferred.
• Demonstrable experience working across multiple jurisdictions in APAC and EMEA.
• Self-starter capable of shaping the direction of regional and global legal functions.
• Strategic thinker able to provide pragmatic and commercial advice in a fast-moving environment.
• Working knowledge of employment laws across multiple jurisdictions in a global, matrixed organisation.
• Significant prior in-house legal experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Employment litigation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Qualifications in other jurisdictions.
• Experience managing employment matters in NAMER and LATAM regions.
• Prior experience shaping regional or global employment legal functions.
• Experience in the media or advertising industry.

Compensation & Benefits

Details on compensation and benefits are not provided in this description.

Location

This role covers the EMEA and APAC regions. Specific location details are not provided.

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