Legal Director - Core team

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.

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

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 Director - Core team joining our Legal team, reporting to our Chief Legal Officer (CLO).

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.

 

What you bring

• Senior qualified lawyer with in-house experience, ideally as Head of Legal
• Previous experience working for a tech or SAAS company
• Legal Operations background or experience a plus
• No requirement to be qualified in any particular jurisdiction, but a good familiarity with global laws and trends, with a focus on the HR business and employment law
• Team leadership and management experience
• Experience in advisory and contentious employment law including the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are the key areas)
• Experience in advising on law issues in multiple jurisdictions. Extensive and proven experience in different areas of law (i.e. generalist profile), with a strong understanding of contract negotiation, litigation, and regulatory compliance
• Passionate about tech and HR tech products
• Technologically competent with experience using (or the ability to quickly master) applications, such as Slack, Juro, Notion, Google Drive, Asana, Kissflow or equivalent.
• Experience working cross-functionally with payroll and other operational teams teams supporting our products
• Ability to provide strategic legal advice that aligns with business objectives and drives product innovation and commercial success.
• Demonstrated ability to identify potential legal issues and develop practical, proactive solutions
• Ability to oversee and provide guidance to senior and junior lawyers
• Alignment with our values of humble and respectful communication
• It is not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus
• Writes and speaks fluent English

Key Responsibilities 

• Take on a senior leadership role within the Core team, working alongside with Core team managers on recruiting and building the team for success across different jurisdictions and timezones
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Legal Ops, to ensure the team reaches its mission of empowering global business growth by streamlining legal and operational processes, ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction, and optimising resources to drive agility and scalability.
• Managing and mentoring the Core legal team, including setting goals, providing feedback, and ensuring the professional growth of team members. This also includes fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring that the team is equipped to handle the organization’s legal challenges.
• Collaborating with other departments and senior stakeholders (e.g., finance, HR, marketing) to provide legal guidance and ensure that all business operations are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Director will often serve as the key legal advisor to the executive leadership team.
• Contribute to the Core team’s sustainable growth and structure, raising internal awareness to the legal teams’s work and expertise.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation, evolving the role of the Core Legal team in order to add maximum value to the business.
• Advise Sales, Product, Onboarding, Payroll & Benefits, Customer Success/User Happiness, Growth and Partnerships, Employee Lifecycle, International Operations, Finance and People teams on a wide range of legal issues across multiple jurisdictions
• Manage external local counsel and manage legal projects with internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to internal knowledge bases so that our colleagues can increasingly self-serve.
• Assist with other legal, advisory, regulatory and compliance work as required.

Practicals

• You'll report to: CLO
• Direct reports: several Managing Counsels
• Team: Legal - Core
• Location: EMEA and NorAm East Coast
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce.  We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is from $ 205,200 to $ 288,550. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Interview with team members (no managers present)
4. Executive interview
5. Prior employment verification check 

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• work from anywhere
• unlimited personal time off (minimum 4 weeks)
• quarterly company-wide day off for self care
• 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

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

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.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

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