Senior Employment Counsel, International Lifecycle

Overview

This role involves providing legal support for complex international employment lifecycle matters within a global Employer of Record (EOR) business. The Senior Employment Counsel, International Lifecycle will focus on sensitive, complex, or escalated issues such as terminations, performance management, leave, and employee relations. The position requires partnering with regional employment counsel, operations, customer service, payroll, benefits, product, sales teams, and outside counsel to ensure practical and consistent legal guidance across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal workstreams for sensitive and complex EOR lifecycle matters requiring legal involvement, including terminations, redundancies, settlements, protected leave, accommodations, pay equity claims, employee relations, performance management, and employment disputes.
• Serve as the legal point of contact for complex termination and offboarding matters, assisting teams with risk evaluation, strategy definition, stakeholder alignment, documentation preparation, and case resolution.
• Collaborate with regional employment counsel to translate local legal requirements into practical guidance for various internal teams, promoting consistency across markets.
• Develop and maintain lifecycle standards, playbooks, escalation paths, controls, decision frameworks, and training to enable operational teams to handle routine matters effectively and escalate higher-risk issues appropriately.
• Advise product and operations teams on legal requirements, risk parameters, workflow logic, case management controls, customer guidance, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures.
• Support customer service and sales teams on complex EOR lifecycle questions from prospective and existing customers, including termination risk, performance management, leave, documentation, timing, and market-specific constraints.
• Create and deliver practical training and guidance on EOR lifecycle matters for internal stakeholders and, when appropriate, external audiences.
• Manage outside counsel on complex lifecycle matters, market-specific escalations, employment disputes, and operational guidance, focusing on practical and cost-effective advice.
• Monitor legal and operational developments related to lifecycle matters across key markets and update internal guidance, training, and processes accordingly.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree and admission to practice in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
• Minimum of 5+ years of substantive employment law experience, preferably including in-house experience, international employment counseling, EOR, PEO, global mobility, HR technology, or cross-border employment operations.
• Deep expertise advising on employee lifecycle matters such as complex terminations, performance management, leave, employee relations, employment documentation, compliance, and dispute risk across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience supporting an EOR business, global employment platform, international HR operations, or multi-country employment counseling is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to build legal standards, risk frameworks, escalation paths, playbooks, policies, knowledge bases, and standard operating procedures enabling non-legal teams to operate consistently.
• Strong understanding of translating employment law requirements into operational workflows, product requirements, customer guidance, and internal controls.
• Sound judgment in managing legal, operational, customer, employee, financial, and reputational risk in sensitive employment matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly and practically to non-legal stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders.
• Strong time management, organizational, and analytical skills, including managing multiple complex matters across time zones.
• Experience managing outside counsel and obtaining practical, cost-effective legal advice across multiple jurisdictions.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in another relevant language is a plus.
• Occasional travel is required.

Preferred Competencies

• Clear communication skills, including oral, written, visual, and listening abilities.
• Ethical practice integrating core values, integrity, and accountability.
• Detail-oriented with thoroughness, accuracy, and organizational skills.
• Strong risk assessment capabilities.
• Ability to manage complexity and solve problems effectively.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: 149,000-192,000 GBP per year.
• Actual compensation depends on factors such as skill set, experience level, and work location.

Location

• Remote work option available.

This role is open to qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations are provided for candidates and employees as required by law.