Who We Are

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

Who You Are

You enjoy connecting and engaging with people as well as solving problems beyond just advising on compliance. Your presence fosters reassurance from others and people know they can depend on you. You are a collaborative, team player with superior communication and execution skills.

As part of the Legal team, Senior International Legal Program Manager will provide vendor management and cross-functional coordination to Justworks in support of various functions in the organization. You will report to Lead Counsel, International and work with people at different levels of the organization, formalizing processes and improving the International legal program.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

• Negotiate and structure service level agreements with local counsel and other legal vendors per jurisdiction, as well as manage and monitor the relationships with each legal vendor per jurisdiction to ensure compliance with local regulations and service level agreements.
• Receive, clarify, and process International legal requests from various teams, such as  Expansion, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, and Finance, for direct resolution or escalation internally to the Justworks International Legal team or externally to local counsel, as appropriate; as well as manage and maintain the systems and tools for such requests.
• Manage and mitigate legal claims with the support of the Justworks International Legal team and external counsel, when needed.
• Create and maintain an inventory of local compliance requirements for each jurisdiction, identify opportunities for and build out standard operating procedures, automation, and design mitigation measures cross-functionally; assist in remediation plans. 
• Maintain the International Legal Roadmap, the global legal initiatives designed to meet the  strategic goals of Justworks International.
• Track spend on international legal matters and manage approvals of associated legal invoices.
• Use information obtained from local jurisdictional experience and external counsel to prepare, manage, and enhance Justworks International knowledge bases and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and conduct employment and HR compliance training programs tailored for employees.
• Work with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders relating to various legal and compliance matters.
• Help drive compliance program awareness and handle other related responsibilities. 
• Support in other duties as needed based on department and organizational needs. Some travel is required.

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Senior International Legal Program Manager, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

• Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
• Ethical practice - the ability to integrate core values, integrity, and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices.
• Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
• Risk assessment - applying a logical step-by-step process to protect, and consequently minimize risks to, the organization, interests, and employees.
• Manages complexity - making sense of comple