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Ireland UK

  • Provide senior, practical employment-law advice to team members and stakeholders, balancing legal risk and business objectives.
  • Directly manage matters across the employment lifecycle including recruiting, compensation, performance, and separation.
  • Represent GitLab in labor courts and lead consultation processes with works councils across EMEA.

Employment Law Litigation Management GDPR

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Global

  • Serve as the primary employment legal partner for APAC and EMEA.
  • Build scalable global employment programs, policies, and training.
  • Lead cross-border projects, investigations, and compliance audits.

Hims & Hers is a health and wellness platform providing personalized, affordable healthcare from diagnosis to delivery. A public company on the NYSE, it has a talent-first flexible/remote culture emphasizing ethics, wellness, diversity, and belonging.

$46,500–$104,650/yr
EMEA 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Manage end-to-end employee exits across multiple international jurisdictions.
  • Provide first-level Employee Relations support and guidance on HR matters.
  • Contribute to process improvements and automation initiatives.

Remote helps businesses recruit, pay, and manage international teams compliantly. They have a global team across 6 continents with a future-focused, asynchronous work culture.

$53,050–$149,150/yr
Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Provide pragmatic legal solutions for Remote's products and services, protecting the company from unacceptable risk.
  • Manage complex legal projects, mentor junior team members, and drive process improvements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Customer Experience, and Operations to support business growth.

Remote is a global HR-tech platform that simplifies international employment, payroll, and compliance for businesses of all sizes. With a fully remote team spanning 6 continents, the company fosters a culture of innovation, async work, and diversity.

$53,050–$149,150/yr
Global 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Support internal stakeholders across sales, customer experience, and operational functions with practical legal guidance.
  • Develop and improve template contracts, legal playbooks, and knowledge resources.
  • Manage complex legal projects and contribute to the development of the legal function.

The company is a fast-growing HR technology company with a global, fully remote team. It offers an inclusive and flexible working culture designed to support employees in balancing work with personal and family needs.

$169,869–$242,612/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Serve as the day-to-day legal engine for the Labor & Employment function, owning employee lifecycle documentation and providing daily advisory to People and Recruiting teams.
  • Manage performance and exits by partnering with HR to mitigate risk and handle separations, as well as oversee discovery, records, and legal holds.
  • Ensure multistate compliance and standardize contractor & consultant compliance workflows while coordinating with outside counsel.

IonQ is the world's leading quantum platform and merchant supplier, delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, the company has operations globally and fosters a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect while being committed to equity and justice.

$127,697–$187,289/yr
United States

  • Advise on employment matters including policies, investigations, leave, accommodations, wage-and-hour issues, and separations.
  • Draft employment documents such as offer letters, separation agreements, and local-counsel engagement agreements.
  • Build compliance infrastructure and use AI tools to accelerate legal research, drafting, and knowledge management.

6sense provides an AI-powered B2B revenue platform that predicts buying behavior and drives growth, retention, and efficiency. The growing company values belonging, curiosity, integrity, ownership, and customer impact, with a remote-friendly culture.

US

  • Advise clients on labor & employment compliance and litigation matters.
  • Prepare companies for financing, M&A, and IPOs from a labor & employment perspective.
  • Represent clients in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and wage-and-hour disputes.

Scale LLP is a national, full-service law firm built for modern legal practice, founded by former tech GCs to rethink the traditional law firm model. The firm is fully remote and supports attorneys across Corporate, IP, and Litigation practice groups, fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Europe

  • Own day-to-day legal work across commercial, privacy, employment, and IP, with full autonomy on standard matters.
  • Draft and negotiate NDAs, commercial agreements, vendor contracts, and respond to data subject requests.
  • Build and maintain templates, playbooks, and FAQs to scale legal operations, with support from senior counsel for complex issues.

Finom is a European fintech startup headquartered in Amsterdam, offering an all-in-one financial platform for entrepreneurs. With around 346 million euros in total funding and a team of hundreds, they prioritize innovation, diversity, and a start-up culture.

Ireland

  • Manage complex employee relations casework across EMEA, including performance management, investigations, and terminations.
  • Provide coaching and guidance to managers on employment legislation, HR policies, and sensitive employee matters.
  • Support organizational change initiatives, restructures, and collaboration with Works Councils and employee representative bodies.

Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains with an AI-infused platform. With over 2000 employees worldwide and multiple Top Employer awards, they foster an innovative and culture-driven environment.

EMEA UK 5w PTO

  • Lead drafting, negotiation, and management of SaaS enterprise sales agreements across EMEA.
  • Provide practical legal advice to sales, marketing, product, and other teams.
  • Advise on privacy, IP, employment, cybersecurity, and corporate matters.

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, a fast-growing technology business. They offer a fully remote and international environment with a collaborative, supportive culture.

Switzerland

  • Provide day-to-day legal operations support across multiple EU jurisdictions, handling employment law queries and contract drafting.
  • Act as the named Responsible Person under Swiss labour-leasing law (SECO), ensuring full compliance with local legislation.
  • Support disciplinary processes, coordinate with external counsel, and maintain compliance documentation for audits.

Our client is a fast-growing global HR and payroll platform that helps businesses hire and manage employees compliantly across 180+ regions. The Swiss legal entity is small and lean, with a culture that emphasizes ownership, compliance, and continuous learning.

EMEA

  • Provide commercially focused legal guidance to teams across EMEA and Asia.
  • Act as a trusted legal counterpart to commercial, partnerships, and operations teams.
  • Manage complex commercial contracts, payments regulation, data protection, and corporate matters.

The company is a global technology firm in the payments and fintech sector. It is a fast-growing, remote-first organization with a globally distributed team.

United States

  • Serve as a versatile legal advisor for employment and product matters, partnering with People, Product, Marketing, and senior leadership.
  • Advise on employee relations, compliance, contracts, and consumer protection while supporting commercial initiatives.
  • Provide practical, timely guidance on privacy regulations (CCPA, GDPR, GLBA) and product compliance processes.

Europe

  • You will draft and negotiate international contracts with partner firms, focusing on Germany.
  • You will manage customer agreements and support the sales team with contracting processes.
  • You will optimize legal operations, including contract management tools and automation.

Pennylane is a fintech company building a complete financial management platform for small and medium-sized businesses across Europe. The company has grown to 1,000 employees in six years and maintains a strong culture with high employee satisfaction ratings.

$204,000–$240,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Lead and scale the People Operations team, owning core employee lifecycle processes like onboarding, offboarding, and compliance training.
  • Drive international expansion by opening new legal entities (UK, Canada, Germany) and managing Employer of Record partnerships.
  • Bring AI fluency to HR operations, designing smarter, more efficient processes and improving the employee experience.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software. The company serves Fortune 500 enterprises and is venture-backed by leading investors, with a remote-first culture and a team that values intentional action and trust.

$100,000–$275,000/yr
US

  • Represent clients in employment litigation matters, including court appearances and trial preparation.
  • Conduct legal research and draft pleadings, motions, and other legal documents.
  • Collaborate with team members and manage cases independently with minimal supervision.

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is a national law firm with offices in all 50 states, providing full legal services across the United States. It is an AM Law 100 firm recognized for its commitment to diversity and inclusion, with a robust national and local practice.

EMEA

  • Act as a senior escalation point for complex employee cases across the EMEA region, managing them from investigation to resolution.
  • Serve as a customer-facing point of contact via tickets, email, and calls, ensuring empathetic and compliant support.
  • Collaborate with Payroll, Legal, Compliance, and regional teams to resolve cross-functional HR issues and improve processes.

We are a global employment platform that connects talent with top companies through AI-powered matching. We are a remote-first, international team of about 50 employees, with a collaborative and inclusive culture.

$50,544–$75,816/yr
Europe

  • Act as a thought partner to leaders, coaching them on connecting business goals to people strategy and navigating performance, restructures, and career development.
  • Manage complex employee relations with empathy and compliance, ensuring fair treatment for a global remote team across multiple time zones.
  • Build scalable people frameworks, run quarterly projects, and collaborate across People teams to shape culture and initiatives for 2027.

Airalo is the world's first eSIM store, helping millions of travelers access affordable mobile data in over 200 countries. We are a fully remote team of 400+ people across 60+ countries, built on trust, ownership, and a shared mission to simplify travel.

Global 5w PTO

  • Lead a lean, high-trust people team and define the HRBP operating model for a global remote workforce.
  • Own HR operations, policy development, and complex employee relations across multiple countries.
  • Drive process improvement and automation initiatives to scale people processes efficiently.

This partner company supports a fully remote workforce of approximately 320 employees across more than 40 countries. Its culture is remote-first, high-performance, and innovation-focused, with a collaborative international team.