Senior Legal Counsel - Core

About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

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. 

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

Job Overview

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as a Senior Legal Counsel, joining our Legal team. We are looking for a talented and experienced legal professional to support Remote’s expansion and legal initiatives across multiple jurisdictions.

Remote’s Legal Team is responsible for delivering pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote’s products and services, while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk. As Remote expands its global footprint, adds new products to the platform, and rapidly scales its new and existing customer base, so too does the volume and complexity of legal issues. Each new venture, customer or external employee could bring a myriad of legal issues across 90+ jurisdictions.

The Core Team serves as the cornerstone of the company’s legal and operational support, closely aligned with the Legal Team’s vision of providing strategic, scalable support at speed that drives business growth.

Acting as the first line of defense, the Core Team ensures that routine legal processes as well as Knowledge Management and Policy Keeping are managed efficiently and effectively, with speed. We optimise the use of broader legal resources by allowing specialised legal sub-teams to concentrate on high-priority, complex issues and enable the broader organisation to focus on its strategic objectives with minimal friction and without bottlenecks.

As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will support the Legal Core Team in these tasks while taking ownership of complex legal projects. You will play a crucial role in shaping the legal department and mentoring junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting different internal stakeholders such as Sales team, Customer care and Customer Success Managers, Onboarding, Lifecycle, and other operational teams at Remote.
• Helping us to develop excellent template contracts and knowledge resources for all our products, with a focus in the EOR product.
• Lead the review and development of contract templates for our expanding range of countries, as well as knowledge resources. More specifically, advise on the redlining of employment agreements for the EOR product in our 90+ jurisdictions.
• Conduct in-depth legal research on new products and new laws, identifying potential risks and opportunities.
• Drive the development and enhancement of the legal function within Remote, implementing best practices and innovative solutions.
• Mentor and support junior legal team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
• Manage relationships with Local Counsel when legal matters need to be escalated to external lawyers.
• Manage local counsel and lead litigations and collections matters, when necessary.
• Proactively identify and propose innovative solutions to legal problems and processes.
• Collaborate with the Legal Ops team in efficiency and AI projects related to your areas of expertise

Requirements

• Qualified Lawyer (mandatory)
• The ideal candidate can be located anywhere in the United States, Canada, or LATAM.
• Ability to learn and master Remote's communication application (Slack), contract management system (Juro and Coupa CLM), documentation sources (Notion, Google Drive, etc.), and task management systems.
• Excel