Associate General Counsel (Director), Employment

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

The Associate General Counsel (Director), Employment serves as a senior legal advisor and subject matter expert on a broad range of employment-related matters across the organization. This role provides strategic counsel to the workforce including all levels of leadership, HR, and cross-functional enabling functions on employment law risks, policies, and practices. The Director provides legal oversight of employment legal investigations, supports management of employment litigation, and drives proactive legal risk mitigation strategies — all in alignment with the company's compliance objectives, policies, and values.

This role requires deep expertise in federal and US employment laws, with particular emphasis on California and Georgia, and carries accountability for shaping the company's employment law posture at scale. International experience is highly valued. The Director operates with significant autonomy, exercises sound judgment on complex matters, and influences organizational decisions at the highest levels.

Essential Job Duties

• Lead and adviseon the full spectrum of employment matters — with particular emphasis on performance management, disciplinary actions, terminations, restructurings, LOA and ADA matters and federal, state, and local law compliance.
• Monitor and interpretchanges in employment laws and regulations; proactively recommend and collaborate to support or drive updates to company policies and practices.
• Provide legal oversight forworkplace investigations, including those involving sensitive, complex, or executive-level matters; conduct investigations personally as needed.
• Serve as a strategic partnerto HR leadership and Centers of Excellence on employee lifecycle and employee relations matters, providing practical, business-oriented guidance.
• Manage, own and support as neededresponses to employee escalations, employment demand letters, and pre-litigation matters.
• Effective collaboration with the Employment Litigation Team, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination disputes; support management of outside counsel relationships.
• Partner to develop and deliver training programs on employment law topics and company policies for all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
• Drive legal research and writingin support of proactive risk mitigation, policy development, and issue resolution.
• In collaboration with team colleagues and leadership evaluate, and continuously improve or updateemployment law processes, frameworks, and procedures across the organization.
• Monitor, track and support enterprise-wide compliancewith all applicable employment laws and regulations.
• Collaborate cross‑functionallywith Legal peers, HR, Finance, and business leaders to advance the company's strategic and operational objectives.
• Communicate and negotiateeffectively with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and opposing counsel, delivering clear, practical, and actionable legal guidance.