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About Remote
Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.
What this job can offer you
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 eager lawyer, who is interested in helping with our team’s mission: supercharging our business through the provision of excellent legal advice and implementation of solid legal processes.
Responsibilities
Support and partner with different internal stakeholders such as Sales team, Customer Experience, Onboarding, Lifecycle, and other operational teams at Remote.
Effectively manage internal and external client expectations and adopt a customer centric approach.
Proactively identify areas for improvement and help us to develop excellent template contracts, playbooks, standard operating procedures and knowledge resources for all our products, with a focus in the EOR product.
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, train, 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.
Expertly manage internal and client escalations where necessary.
Collaborate with the Legal Ops team in efficiency and AI projects related to your areas of expertise.
Requirements
Experienced and qualified lawyer.
Interested in working for a tech‑scaleup and specifically HR‑tech.
Extensive experience in legal practice, preferably in labor and employment law.
Ability to learn and master Remote's communication application (Slack), contract management system, documentation sources (Notion, Google Drive), and task management systems (Notion, ZenDesk).
Eager to learn about different legal systems and employment laws (as we are a global company).
Creative legal thinker – we often need innovative, out‑of‑the‑box solutions.
Excellent communication skills: writes and speaks fluent English; additional languages would be helpful. Able to distill complex issues into concise and clear language.
Proven ability to work autonomously and lead legal projects.
Proven experience in mentoring and guiding junior legal professionals.
It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.
Benefits
Work from anywhere.
Flexible paid time off.
Flexible working hours (we are async).
16 weeks paid parental leave.
Mental health support services.
Stock options.
Learning budget.
Home office budget & IT equipment.
Budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces.
Compensation
The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $53,050—$149,150 USD. Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy ensures fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. Remote fosters internal mobility and guarantees pay equity and fairness.
Work Environment
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life‑work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.