Sr. Corporate Counsel – International Employment Law

T-Mobile T-Mobile · Telecom · Bellevue, WA +2

This role is for a Sr. Corporate Counsel specializing in International Employment Law. The primary responsibilities include advising HR and business clients on international employment structures, managing outside counsel, overseeing disputes, developing policies, drafting agreements, and supporting compliance with visa and immigration requirements. The role also involves training HR and business units and directing junior team members. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience as an employment attorney with a focus on international employment law, strong legal and project management skills, and is licensed to practice law in the US.

What you'd actually do

  1. Advise HR and business clients on international employment structures, expansion plans, and international integrations.
  2. Manage complex outside counsel arrangements across 15+ jurisdictions, ensuring high-quality, practical advice
  3. Oversee international employment pre-litigation and litigation disputes
  4. Develop streamlined international employment law policies, practices, and strategies to minimize legal risks
  5. Draft and review employment agreements for international hires, independent contractors, and consultants

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of experience as an employment attorney
  • 7+ years of experience handling international employment law issues
  • Ability to work independently and effectively despite ambiguity and rapid change
  • Excellent writing skills, with a focus on providing practical advice
  • Awesome oral communication skills, with a focus on clearly and simply conveying complex employment law concepts, risks, and options to HR and other internal clients
  • Strong judgement that allows you to properly weigh what’s best for our customers and our business, what’s best for our employees, and potential legal risks
  • Strong project management skills
  • A demonstrated ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals in a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently
  • A keen business sense with strong judgment, negotiation, drafting, and decision-making skills
  • Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple, and sometimes competing, priorities
  • Must be licensed, in good standing, to practice law in the US

What the JD emphasized

  • international employment law
  • international employment issues
  • international employment law policies
  • international hires
  • international employment laws
  • international employment norms
  • international employment work