Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment

About the role

The Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment is the company's lead legal advisor on employment matters, partnering closely with Human Resources and business leaders to help Beast Industries scale responsibly. This role provides practical, business-focused legal guidance across the employee lifecycle while helping the company navigate a rapidly evolving workforce, new business lines, and increasingly complex employment regulations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary in-house legal advisor on labor and employment matters across Beast Industries.
• Partner with Human Resources throughout the employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, disciplinary actions, and separations.
• Lead legal strategy and provide guidance for workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct, and other sensitive employment matters.
• Advise leaders on federal, state, and local employment laws, including wage and hour compliance, leave and accommodations, equal employment opportunity, and labor relations.
• Counsel business leaders on organizational changes, workforce planning, reductions in force, contingent workforce issues, and multi-state employment matters.
• Draft, review, and maintain employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, employee policies, handbooks, separation agreements, and related employment documentation.
• Partner with HR and Finance on compensation, benefits, pay equity, and incentive programs to ensure legal compliance while supporting competitive talent practices.
• Manage employment litigation, administrative agency matters, and outside counsel, including strategy, budgets, and resolution.
• Monitor changes in employment law and proactively recommend updates to policies, practices, and training.
• Develop practical legal guidance, playbooks, and training that help managers make consistent, compliant employment decisions.
• Build trusted partnerships across the organization by providing clear, risk-calibrated advice that enables the business to move quickly while protecting the company.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 8-10+ years of employment law experience, including significant in-house or law firm experience advising employers.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws, including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, NLRA, and related state employment regulations.
• Experience leading workplace investigations involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other employee relations matters.
• Experience advising on compensation, benefits, pay equity, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational change.
• Experience drafting and negotiating employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, separation agreements, and employment policies.
• Experience managing employment litigation, agency investigations, and outside counsel.
• Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
• Strong judgment, communication skills, and the ability to build trust with leaders across all levels of the organization.
• Experience supporting media, entertainment, technology, creator economy, consumer products, or other high-growth businesses is a plus.