Senior Employment Counsel

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Be the primary legal partner for the People Operations team, owning day-to-day employment counseling while managing outside counsel on specialized, high-risk, or international matters
• Anticipate employment-law risks early and address them pragmatically
• Provide People Operations clear, scalable guidance on recruitment/pre-hire issues, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodations, investigations, wage and hour, performance management, HR policy, and separations
• Ensure manufacturing, field operations, and corporate employment practices are consistent, compliant, safe, and operationally realistic
• Handle administrative agency (e.g. EEOC and DOL) and pre-litigation employment matters
• Draft and comment on training and provide select training to people leaders
• Assist in the development and documentation of sales commission and other incentive compensation plans
• Responsible for OFCCP compliance reports and similar filings
• Advise Benefits on compliance with relevant law and review and provide comments on contracts for company benefits
• Own employment related aspects of setting up foreign subsidiaries
• Negotiate contracts (including DPAs) with contractors, recruiting organizations, HR vendors, and similar orgs
• Assist in drafting and updating the Employee Handbook
• Assist in administering and managing employee equity
• Oversee HR and payroll audits as needed
• Manage other projects as required or assigned (even if they aren’t in your wheelhouse)

What Makes You a Great Fit

• You hold a JD and are admitted to practice in California
• You have 10+ years of in-house experience (or similar law firm experience providing advice and counsel to startups)
• You have experience advising companies with hourly employees, especially in California manufacturing
• You must be able to work onsite at least 3 days per week: at least 2 days at our Hayward manufacturing site and at least 1 day at our HQ in San Mateo
• You know how to triage and ruthlessly prioritize
• You manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, maintaining ownership and a high standard of accuracy and follow-through
• You thrive in collaborative settings, understanding that building strong relationships across departments is vital to success
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity, eager to problem solve, and take the initiative to drive projects to completion