Director and Assistant General Counsel, Employment Law

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Posting Open Date: 4/3/25

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 5/1/25

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Director and Assistant General Counsel, Employment Law 

The Fastly Legal Team is looking for a seasoned attorney to join the Legal leadership team and serve as an advisor and partner to the People Team, provide employment and benefit legal advice across all functions and manage a small team. The ideal candidate will have solid foundational law firm training in labor law with practical inhouse experience addressing and resolving the employment issues that U.S. based, global and rapidly scaling companies face. We are seeking a capable leader who solves problems practically, thinks creatively and thrives in a fast paced, growth environment. Ideal candidates value working on a strong and diverse team and want to contribute to creating a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment. This position is based in San Francisco, where Fastly’s headquarters is located, and reports to the Chief Legal Officer (also based in San Francisco.)

What You'll Do:

• Provide day-to-day advice and counsel to Fastly’s executive and People teams on a range of people-related topics such as performance management, terminations, wage and hour, hiring and recruitment, org design and workforce restructuring compensation and benefits and contingent workforce matters
• Strategically advise the People team on confidential and time-sensitive employee matters, such as discipline and terminations, internal investigations, and leaves and accommodations
• Manage US employment-related disputes, litigation, arbitration, and administrative actions, including managing outside counsel on matters requiring law firm support
• Partner with the Legal and People Teams to evolve and drive compliance with applicable labor and employment laws
• Manage a small international team and outside counsel engagement across all employment law matters
• Propose, evolve, and enable, in consultation with the People team, updates or new employee policies, procedures and trainings and advise on their implementation, application and enforcement
• Manage employment and contractor related template agreements
• Stay current on changing employment laws and advise the People team on all necessary policy and practice modifications, including providing the People team regular updates and training on legal developments

What We're Looking For: 

• JD degree with strong academic credentials and admission to practice law in California
• 12+ years of combined employment law experience, including law firm practice and at least 4 years of in-house legal experience, especially at high-growth tech companies
• At least two years of experience managing an effective team
• Robust experience independently counseling senior executives and People teams on complex day-to-day employment issues
• Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws and regulations
• Experience managing disputes, litigation, arbitration, administrative actions and outside counsel
• Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, influencing, collaboration and negotiation skills
• Excellent judgment in raising issues and ability to assess risks and convey clear and decisive advice to internal teams
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision
• A pragmatic and practical approach to problem solving and getting things done
• Ability to work independently and comfort working with distributed teams
• Leadership depth and ability to contribute to the overall Legal organization’s strategy and priorities

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: 

• Experience with compensation and benefits programs for public companies, including equity plans and executive compensation

Work Location & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations: