Legal Director, Remote
Core Team
$205.2-288.6k
+ Stock options.
More information about location
HR solutions for distributed teams
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HR solutions for distributed teams
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$205.2-288.6k
+ Stock options.
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up the world of work for every person, business, and country.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
- You'll report to: CLO
- Direct reports: several Managing Counsels
- Team: Legal - Core
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Executive interview
- Prior employment verification check
- Start date: As soon as possible
Our take
The number of companies switching to fully-remote set-up is booming. Aiming to capitalise on this, Remote helps companies of all sizes hire and manage international employees across benefits, taxes, payroll and compliance.
According to Remote, local and international regulations constantly change. Thus, the company's unique selling point is that its law attorneys and HR specialists are focused on supervising regulations on a daily basis and ensuring that the clients avoid expensive compliance mistakes. Remote also differentiates itself through its network of local legal entities that cover all of the countries they offer services for to ensure the clients receive the best protection in the industry. Moreover, the company offers a platform for distributed teams that makes it easy for companies to onboard and pay international contractors and employees.
Remote's history of funding - that helped secure its $3Billion valuation - has supported expansion across markets, as well as being used to expand partnerships and integrations. Further development of its tool suite can be expected, as the company pushes to be the first name in distributed HR.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
43% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Apr 2022
$300m
SERIES C
Jul 2021
$150m
SERIES B
Total funding: $496m
Company benefits
- Unlimited personal time off
- Paid parental leave
- Co-working allowance
- Flexible working hours
- Learning budget
- Mental health support
- Company stock options
- Home office setup
- Celebratory allowances
- Branded swag
- Other country-specific benefits
Company values
- Kindness
- Excellence
- Ownership
- Transparency
- Ambition
Company HQ
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Job van der Voort
(CEO)Previously Researcher at Champalimaud Foundation for 1 year and Co-Founder & CTO at JAXONS for 1 year.
Marcelo Lebre
(COO)Previously Chief Technology Officer at Faber Ventures for 1 year and VP of Engineering at Unbabel for 2 years
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