Description:

About the role:
Our Legal team works on exciting legal, policy, and operational issues at the leading edge of machine learning technology. You will join a creative and solutions-oriented team collaborating with internal teams at An Artificial Intelligence Services Company and externally with our business partners. We are looking for a relentlessly curious, deliberately open-minded, and action-oriented employment lawyer who can drive strategic guidance on both traditional employment issues as well as product counsel on contractor workforce issues all while employing an empathetic interpersonal style. If you enjoy solving novel and challenging problems and building strong relationships while doing it, we'd love to hear from you!

You Will:

Develop and lead company strategy on employment law-related issues, including contractor workforce management and compliance with federal, state, and local relevant employment laws.
Draft, review, and revise offer letters, employment and consulting agreements, and other compensation-related plans and documentation across all levels within a global organization
Provide advice and counsel to management and the People team on a broad range of domestic and foreign employment law issues, including issues relating to recruitment and hiring, employee relations, performance management, internal investigations, leaves of absence, compensation and benefits, restrictive covenants, wage-and-hour compliance, employee privacy, and immigration
Identify evolving and unique employee relations challenges and proactively provide risk mitigation solutions
Draft or revise employment-related document templates, and negotiate employment-related agreements, such as offer letters, confidentiality agreements, arbitration agreements, and settlement agreements
Create and deliver trainings on employment-related issues to educate employees and enhance An Artificial Intelligence Services Company's culture of compliance
Assist in the management of US employment litigation, including resolving demand letters and pre-litigation disputes, supervising discovery, and managing both outside counsel and internal resources
Help build and maintain process wikis, self-service resources, and other tools to help An Artificial Intelligence Services Company the legal function

Ideally, you'd have:

JD and a member of the California Bar in good standing
At least 8+ years of combined law firm (including active litigation) and in-house experience
Passion for partnering with both People and Contractor Management teams, willing to get in the weeds with the business to partner and develop creative, business-forward solutions
An ability to translate between business and legal risk and communicate clearly to business and technical constituencies
Roll-up-your-sleeves attitude to tackle projects large and small and a collaborative, low-ego approach to collaborating across the organization
Deep interest in artificial intelligence, generative AI, and machine learning technology and applications
Excellent organizational and communication skills

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