Sr. Director, Legal Corporate

About the role

The Sr. Director, Corporate Counsel, Labor & Employment (Americas) serves as the primary legal partner to Human Resources and business leaders on labor and employment matters across the United States and Canada. Reporting to the SVP, Deputy General Counsel (Litigation, Employment & Compliance), this role provides strategic, practical, and business-focused legal counsel while managing employment risk, supporting organizational growth initiatives, leading complex employment matters, and collaborating across Legal, Human Resources, Compliance, Privacy, and business teams in a fast-paced global environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and day-to-day advice on labor and employment matters arising primarily in the United States and Canada, coordinating with other members of the Legal, Human Resources, Compliance, and Privacy Teams, as well as other business stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Draft, negotiate, and interpret employment-related agreements.
• Oversee and counsel on employee relations matters, including performance management, workplace conduct, accommodations, investigations, terminations, and development of strategies, policies, and training programs.
• Advise on wage-and-hour compliance, worker classification, pay transparency and pay equity, restrictive covenants, employee mobility, workplace safety, and federal, state, provincial, and local employment requirements.
• Advise on compensation and benefits, including equity incentive compensation, severance programs, retirement, and health and welfare matters.
• Provide employment-law support for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, restructurings, and other strategic transactions as well as in connection with disclosure, audit, and diligence obligations.
• Partner with other members of Legal, Human Resources, Compliance, and Privacy Teams in overseeing sensitive workplace investigations.
• Manage employment litigation, agency charges, demand letters, administrative proceedings, arbitrations, and pre-litigation disputes, including with respect to development of case strategy, assessment of risk exposure, settlement and trial positions, legal holds and discovery, and review of filings and correspondence.
• Draft, review, and implement employment policies, workplace standards, arbitration and dispute-resolution programs, and related forms and templates, including preparation of practical playbooks, decision tools, checklists, workflows, and guidance for Human Resources and business leaders.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments,