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Corporate Counsel - Employment

Job Description:

We are looking for a hard-working, competent, and adaptable attorney to support our evolving Pluralsight teams. This position will provide counsel on a broad range of global employment, litigation, and compliance matters, and support the legal team as needed in other substantive areas.

Who you’re committed to being:

Have a positive demeanor and ability to work in a fast-paced, high-output, team oriented, strategic environment
Demonstrate passion for solving problems and making valuable contributions to the company
Courteous, highly organized, reliable, proactive, independent thinker
Committed to personal growth and development such as seeking out and responding to feedback and tackling new substantive areas of the law
Honest and direct in communications with all business partners and internal customers
Handle highly confidential information with professionalism and unquestionable integrity
Strategic partner who can deliver practical, risk-weighted, business-focused legal counsel

What you’ll own:

Partner with and counsel the People Team on the entire employee lifecycle (recruiting and interviewing, immigration, onboarding, performance management, and offboarding), and collaborate on the development of related practices and procedures
Advise the People and Finance teams on employee benefits, wage and hour, independent contractor, and compensation matters
Assist with crafting, revising, and implementing employment documents, policies and processes globally
Assist with employment, litigation, and compliance-related due diligence for transactions, including reviewing employee-related agreements, option award agreements and other documents as needed
Partner with senior leadership on employee relations matters including workplace investigations, discipline and performance, leaves of absence, accommodations, and workplace safety, as well as development and implementation of policies and procedures
Assist with pre-litigation and litigation efforts, including research and writing, evidence-gathering, legal hold, discovery, litigation management, and strategy
Direct the work of outside counsel on an efficient basis
Support statutory and regulatory compliance in global locations
Develop initiatives for improving processes, form agreements, playbooks, and service level agreements

Experience you’ll need:

A minimum of 4-6 years of substantive legal experience with a nationally recognized law firm
JD from ABA-accredited law school and current bar membership in good standing
Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills within and across departments and externally
Sound judgment; ability to clearly make reasoned recommendations; ability to cross think and determine who should be kept informed
Self-starter with strong business sense who can navigate different client groups
Great teammate, savvy at balancing competing projects

Preferred Qualifications:

In-house experience with a technology company
Global employment experience

Bring yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.

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