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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as the company’s lead legal advisor on labor, employment, employee benefits, and executive compensation matters
- Provide strategic, risk-based counsel on complex and high-profile workforce issues, organizational changes, executive matters, and enterprise initiatives
- Lead legal support for enterprise-wide workforce, benefits, and executive compensation initiatives
- Design and implement scalable legal, compliance, and governance frameworks
- Partner across legal functions to develop coordinated enterprise risk management strategies
- Draft or comment on HR, employment, and benefits-related agreements, policies, and guidelines
- Partner with HR, business leaders, and cross-functional leaders to identify and manage legal risks
- Develop practical, preventative solutions
- Manage outside counsel, including budgeting, scope management, and work-product review
- Anticipate legal and regulatory developments and lead proactive compliance and risk-mitigation initiatives
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior Human Resources, Finance, Compensation, and business leaders
- Report to the Managing Principal Counsel, Technology, Risk & People
Requirements
What you’ll need- JD
- Active U.S. bar membership
- 10–15 years of relevant legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department (preferred)
- Experience with employment law counseling
- Experience with HR policy development
- Benefit plan design and administration legal counseling (a plus)
- Executive compensation legal counseling (a plus)
- Ability to independently lead complex legal matters and influence executive-level decision-making
- Strong executive presence and ability to advise and challenge senior leaders while maintaining trusted relationships
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across HR, Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit, Regulatory Affairs, and business operations
- Working knowledge of 50-state labor and employment laws
- Working knowledge of benefits and executive compensation laws (a plus)
- Strong drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and research skills
- Ability to provide clear, practical legal guidance
- Ability to adapt to evolving business needs and operate effectively in ambiguous situations
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare technology, or healthcare distribution industries (preferred)
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship is not available