Lead Counsel, HR Products

About the role

We are looking for a highly-motivated, business-minded attorney to join as Lead Counsel, HR Products on the Legal & Compliance team. In this role, you will partner closely with Product, Sales, and Compliance, and will report to our Assistant General Counsel, HR Products. You will provide key legal guidance to our business team as we launch our Employer of Record (“EOR”) services in new countries, and will provide ongoing product counseling and employment counseling across our launched EOR countries. You will also serve as product counsel to our HR product teams more broadly, including the Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”), Time, and Payroll. You are a self-starter and are excited to learn about new jurisdictions and new areas of law. You are a strategic thinker and want to build a world-class, highly efficient product counsel function at a rapidly growing company. You have a passion for providing creative, proactive, and pragmatic legal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI-powered tools to automate legal workflows, scale the team's output, and enable self-service resources for Legal's cross-functional partners.
• Provide employment counsel to our EOR HR and PEO Advisor teams.
• Provide product counseling to our Time and Payroll teams, with a focus on wage and hour compliance.
• Analyze and provide product counseling on employment rules and regulations and how to compliantly hire and offboard employees through an EOR in different jurisdictions.
• Prepare employment agreement templates, termination notice and agreement templates, and policy documents for our EOR.
• Partner with our Product, Operations, Business Development, Sales, and Client Services teams to build and manage Rippling’s product counseling function.
• Navigate complex regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and abroad to create scalable and innovative solutions for our products and services.
• Drive the compliance culture at Rippling and embed integrity and compliance in all of our operations as our company grows.
• Advise and assist with Rippling’s general legal needs as they arise.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in-house or at a law firm.
• Substantive knowledge of and experience with employment law.
• Law degree (e.g. JD or equivalent).
• Entrepreneurial mindset, solution-oriented ethos, and ready to roll up your sleeves.
• Passion for efficient processes.
• Comfort experimenting with and building on top of AI tools.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent drafting and written and verbal communication skills with the ability to break down complex legal jargon into easy-to-understand and practical advice.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Sense of humor.

Qualifications

• Passport required for international travel.
• Experience with EOR services and/or employment law in multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience with AI tools and automation.
• Experience with product development and legal strategy.

Skills

• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-legal stakeholders.
• Experience with HR and payroll systems.
• Experience with data analysis and compliance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + benefits + equity.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and development.

Pay

The pay range for this role is: 177,000 - 295,000 USD per year (US)

The pay range for this role is: 135,000 - 225,000 CAD per year (CA)

Schedule

This role is currently remote, but may transition to an in-office position in the future.

Location

New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Toronto, Canada

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.