Assistant General Counsel - Employment Counsel

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 242,000 - 327,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Cash bonus and equity rewards

Strong pay-for-performance approach

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking an Assistant General Counsel for Employment Counsel to join their HR Legal Team. This role involves advising on workforce strategies, ensuring compliance with global laws, and collaborating with HR and executive leaders. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in technology law and deep expertise in employment litigation. A competitive salary and hybrid work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of experience primarily advising technology companies on complex global workforce issues.
• Deep employment litigation experience, including international matters.
• Demonstrated ability to drive strategic outcomes with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the end-to-end implementation of workforce compliance issues.
• Provide timely, business-focused advice in support of workforce strategies.
• Analyze current support models and develop strategies for best worker support.

Skills

Employment litigation experience

Global workforce issues advisory

Legal compliance management

Effective communication

Strategic thinking

Ability to learn new technology

Education

JD and membership in good standing with at least one US State Bar

Job description

Overview

Come join Intuit as an Assistant General Counsel - Employment Counsel! Intuit is rapidly growing, not just in numbers, but also in the complexity of our workforce strategy while consistently delivering world class employee experiences. Our HR Legal team finds innovative solutions, drives change, enables smart risk, and helps create the best possible experiences for Intuit’s workers, leaders, and the stakeholders we support. We partner closely with our US and global teams to develop and execute on Intuit’s most strategic workforce initiatives. We love finding ways that data and technology can make us and the company better at what we do.

As a senior member of the HR Legal Team, you will partner with our People & Places and other leaders around the world to ensure Intuit’s employment strategy, programs, and policies are structured to accelerate our strategy while complying with the law in all jurisdictions. You will provide advice and guidance on a wide variety of legal and regulatory matters, as well as strategic business advice in support of Intuit’s workforce strategies. You will build stakeholder empathy by understanding and anticipating the needs of our stakeholders including People & Places and business leaders. We look at challenges as opportunities to find the best outcome for our stakeholders and enable them to take smart risk to paths forward.

This role is hybrid with on-site expectations of 3 days per week in Mountain View, CA or San Diego, CA. We prioritize being together to promote connection and belonging, creativity and innovation, as well as speed, agility, and productivity to accelerate getting work done.

What you’ll bring

• At least 10+ years of experience primarily advising technology companies on complex global workforce issues, including in-house experience
• Deep employment litigation experience, including international matters
• Significant experience navigating a wide range of complex employment law issues at a global scale
• Use inquiry to truly understand needs and advise HR partners on a range of worker-related issues, from fair pay to complex exits to wage and hour compliance and beyond
• Demonstrated ability to drive strategic outcomes with minimal supervision
• Experience providing legal support on a global scale
• Ability to effectively communicate with business partners about legal obligations and risk management practically and business-backed
• Ability to learn new technology and tools and implement automated solutions
• Ability to produce clear and succinct written legal analysis and business communications, and counsel and manage clients, including executive leadership
• Ability to interact with and lead change with senior executive leaders
• Ability to effectively frame issues to drive strategic thinking and execution
• Comfortable and adept at balancing risk and opportunity, and thinking creatively to enable the business to make smart decisions
• JD and membership in good standing with at least one US State Bar (preferably CA)
• Strong personal ethical code and integrity and deep respect for privacy and confidentiality
• Alignment with our Legal, Compliance, and Policy Organization ethos, which requires a strong commitment and accountability to the company and each other

How you will lead

• Drive and advise on the end-to-end implementation of workforce compliance issues from issue identification and strategy, ideation, worker experience, policy development, compliance, and operations to support Intuit’s global workforce
• Provide timely, business-focused advice and counseling in support of workforce strategies, policies, and legal claim management in accordance with evolving global laws and regulations
• Analyze current international support models, develop, and implement strategy to ensure best in class worker support across Intuit locations
• Rapidly build trusted and inclusive partnerships with partners in HR centers of excellence and provide clear, data-driven insights to address concerns and reach best outcomes
• Develop and execute priorities and initiatives for the broader legal, compliance, and policy organization, including new challenges presented by the external environment

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this position is Bay Area California $242,000 - $327,500 and San Diego $223,000 - $301,500. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing pay equity for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal
• Industries
• Software Development