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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in global employment and labour law, with a strong focus on advising senior leadership on workforce strategy, organisational change, and complex employment matters. Proven ability to manage external legal counsel and build scalable legal processes while leveraging data and technology to enhance legal support.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Global Employment Law ExpertiseComplex Investigations ManagementStrategic Partnership with Senior LeadershipExperience Across Multiple JurisdictionsBuilding Scalable Legal Processes
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Hard Skills
Employment LawWorkforce StrategyOrganisational ChangeDispute ResolutionRegulatory ComplianceInvestigationsPerformance ManagementContract NegotiationEmployment FrameworksM&A Support
Soft Skills
Strong JudgementCommercial AwarenessInfluencing Without AuthorityClear CommunicationCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
AI-Enabled ResourcesLegal PlaybooksTraining Tools
Industry Keywords
International Employment ExperienceCross-Border InitiativesEmployee RelationsMid-Market Technology CompanyFast-Moving Global Business
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own how Xero supports its people and manages employment risk across a global technology business
- Serve as senior strategic legal partner to PX and adviser to executive leadership
- Advise on workforce strategy, organisational change and complex employment matters
- Set global employment legal frameworks, standards, tools and escalation paths
- Partner with regional Legal teams and REAL specialists
- Advise on workforce strategy, organisational design, restructures, reward, senior employee matters and cross-border initiatives
- Provide practical advice on investigations, performance management, discrimination and harassment, contracts, policies, disputes and regulatory matters
- Lead complex employment disputes, claims, regulatory inquiries and sensitive investigations
- Support employment aspects of M&A, integrations and major business change
- Manage external employment counsel and control external legal costs
- Build training, tools, playbooks and AI-enabled self-service resources
- Collaborate with Employee Relations and other REAL team members
- Report to the SVP/EGM Legal
Requirements
What you’ll need- Substantial international employment experience in a global organisation
- Experience advising across multiple jurisdictions, regions and time zones
- Deep expertise in global employment and labour law
- Experience with complex investigations, disputes, restructures and workforce strategy
- Experience directing others’ work without direct reports
- Experience influencing without formal authority
- Track record advising senior PX/HR leaders and business executives as a strategic partner
- Strong judgement and commercial awareness
- Ability to explain complex issues in plain language
- Experience managing external employment counsel
- Experience building scalable legal processes and resources
- Experience in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom highly desirable
- Breadth beyond employment law, such as litigation, transactional work or corporate governance, strongly preferred
- Experience in a similarly sized mid-market technology company or fast-moving global business strongly preferred
- Interest in using data, technology and AI to improve legal support
- Ability to work in San Mateo, California, Melbourne or Sydney
- Appropriate working rights for the country in which the role is based
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible hybrid working setup
- Opportunity to work in San Mateo, Melbourne or Sydney
- Training, tools and AI-enabled resources
- Fair and supportive recruitment experience
- Recruitment accommodations/adjustments available
- Background checks and employment screening