Senior Counsel, Employment

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Senior Counsel, Employment at CoreWeave, a publicly traded AI company. This role focuses on providing legal guidance on employment law matters globally, supporting HR and business leaders, managing litigation, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. The position requires extensive experience in employment law, litigation, and working in a multi-jurisdictional, high-growth technology environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide day-to-day legal advice and support under the direction of the Associate General Counsel, Employment on a variety of U.S. and global employment law matters, including recruiting, hiring, and terminations, employment and separation documentation, EORs and PEOs, compensation and benefits, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodations, performance management, restrictive covenants, employee classifications, employment disputes, organizational restructures, and transactional-related employment matters.
  2. Support and help manage the company’s litigation and pre-litigation matters across substantive areas (including employment, commercial, and regulatory disputes); partner with outside counsel on case strategy, discovery, settlement, and trial preparation; and coordinate with internal stakeholders on litigation holds, document preservation, and reporting.
  3. Provide timely, business-focused advice and counseling in support of CoreWeave’s workforce strategies and policies, including identifying jurisdiction-specific risks and escalating issues as appropriate, in accordance with evolving laws and regulations.
  4. Rapidly build trusted and inclusive partnerships with our People team and provide clear insights to address concerns and reach best outcomes.
  5. Review, interpret, draft, and update company policies and procedures.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of relevant employment law and litigation experience, including advising on U.S. and global workforce matters.
  • Experience supporting employment matters in a multi-jurisdictional environment, including working with EORs and/or PEOs, local counsel, or regional People teams outside the U.S.
  • Demonstrated litigation experience, including managing pre-litigation disputes, agency charges, internal investigations, arbitrations, and single-plaintiff and class/collective actions, and overseeing outside counsel through discovery, settlement, and trial.
  • Experience gained through a combination of law firm and/or in-house roles, preferably at a global, high-growth, tech and/or publicly-traded company.
  • Strong foundational knowledge of employment law and experience applying legal principles across jurisdictions.
  • Ability to independently handle routine and moderately complex employment law matters, while exercising sound judgment regarding escalation.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people, collaborate with diverse business groups, and build strong working relationships.
  • Ability to receive feedback and demonstrate continuous growth within the role.
  • Strong problem-solving skills to digest issues, evaluate solutions, and recommend practical approaches.
  • Excellent drafting, written, verbal communication, legal interpretation, and research skills.
  • A commitment to professional conduct, excellence, and meticulous attention to detail.

What the JD emphasized

  • Required experience supporting employment matters in a multi-jurisdictional environment, including working with EORs and/or PEOs, local counsel, or regional People teams outside the U.S.
  • Demonstrated litigation experience, including managing pre-litigation disputes, agency charges, internal investigations, arbitrations, and single-plaintiff and class/collective actions, and overseeing outside counsel through discovery, settlement, and trial.