Senior Legal Counsel Employment - Germany (d/f/m)

Personio SE & Co. KG; München; Hybrid; EUR 75.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A technology company is seeking a Senior Employment Counsel in Munich to provide legal advice on employment laws and support the operations in Germany. This role involves a mix of office-based and remote work, requiring collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Candidates should have strong experience in employment law and fluency in German and English. Competitive compensation and benefits package offered.

Leistungen

Competitive salary and benefits

28 days paid vacation

Impact Day for environmental contribution

Family leave and mental health support

Catered lunches and healthy snacks

Qualifikationen

• Qualified lawyer with relevant employment law experience.
• Strong knowledge of employment laws in Germany.
• Fluency in German and English necessary.
• Strong interpersonal skills for stakeholder collaboration.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in tech industry is preferred.

Aufgaben

• Provide employment advice to the People team and leadership.
• Optimize and implement scalable processes.
• Advise on changes in employment legislation.
• Support on larger employment initiatives.
• Manage external lawyer relationships.
• Conduct due diligence for international employment compliance.

Kenntnisse

Employment laws and litigation processes

Fluency in German and English

Interpersonal skills

Self-starter

Flexibility

Ability to manage multiple matters

Ausbildung

Qualified lawyer in Germany

4-6 years of employment law experience

Jobbeschreibung

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our growing team of 1,800+ Personios across Europe and the US are building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio

This role requires 3 days per week in the office and is based in Munich or Berlin.

Bring your knowledge. Be a partner. Join our Finance, Strategy, & Legal team and use your subject-matter expertise to investigate problems, define solutions, and guide decisions as Personio's co-pilots.

Personio is seeking a dynamic Senior Employment Counsel for Germany, someone ambitious and genuine, who works best in the midst of a collaborative and forward-thinking team. As the Employment Counsel, you will play a key role in providing legal advice and support to the company's operations in Germany and the DACH region, ensuring compliance with all relevant employment laws, regulations, and best practices and providing valuable legal and compliance solutions to our business. You will also support the Senior Lead Employment Counsel on employment topics within the EMEA region and US as might be required.

You will collaborate closely and report into our Senior Lead Employment Counsel.

Role Responsibilities: What you'll do

• Provide practical and commercial risk based employment advice to our People team and business leaders on a full range of mainly German employment-related issues from the entire life cycle of an employee, employment compliance and litigation.
• Pro-actively identify ways to optimize and support to implement processes for scalability and efficiency and input into employment strategy and roadmap for Personio to minimise risk and align with Personio's vision and values.
• Keep up-to-date on changes in employment legislation in Germany and DACH and proactively advise our stakeholders on their implications for Personio.
• Support our Senior Lead Employment Counsel or stakeholders on the company's wide/larger employment initiatives or cases, including regulatory projects like Pay Transparency Directive, compliance reporting or similar.
• Manage the relationship and budget with external lawyers on employment matters to deliver cost-effective solutions.
• Lead and support Personio's international expansion efforts by conducting due diligence on employment-related legal requirements in Germany and beyond or M&A transactions.

Role Requirements: What you need to succeed

• Qualified lawyer in Germany with 4-6 years' relevant employment law experience in house or at a top law firm.
• Strong level knowledge of employment laws and litigation processes in Germany.
• Fluency in German and English with ability to explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced hypergrowth environment with minimal supervision, but also to use good judgment and call out issues when needed.
• Flexibility and team-player willing to learn and support on international employment matters and projects.
• Ability to juggle multiple matters at once with a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands.
• Prior experience in the tech industry and/or with global employment matters is preferred.

Why Personio

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.

At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with 3 days per week required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer. In addition, you'll have 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.

Benefits

• Receive a competitive reward package - reevaluated each year - that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity.
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years.
• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 Impact Day per year.
• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities.
• We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.