Employment Counsel

6Sense; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote options

Job summary

6sense is hiring Employment Counsel to anchor employment and compliance work while flexing across broader legal remit. The role requires 5+ years of total legal experience, including at least 2 years in employment law, and a willingness to grow as a broad in‑house counselor.

You will advise People, navigate investigations, policies, and governance, using AI thoughtfully and responsibly. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, scale playbooks, and build practical legal solutions that

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school or equivalent.
• At least 4–5 years of relevant in‑house or private practice legal experience.
• Minimum 2 years in employment law, with experience advising on employee relations and policies.
• Experience supporting employment compliance, policies, training, investigations, audits, or related processes.
• Ability to use AI tools for research and drafting with careful verification and confidentiality.
• Experience coordinating multi‑jurisdictional employment matters incl. UK or India."

Responsibilities

• Advise on workplace policies, investigations, leave and wage issues across jurisdictions.
• Draft and review employment documents and related memos.
• Build and maintain compliance infrastructure and reporting processes.
• Support corporate governance and director/officer matters as needed.
• Collaborate with People, Finance, Sales, Product, and other teams as a trusted advisor.
• Develop scalable playbooks and templates to improve speed and consistency.

Skills

Strong communication

Cross‑jurisdictional work

AI fluency in legal work

Practical legal judgment

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Tools

AI tools for legal research

Job description

6sense's mission is to multiply what matters: growth, retention, and efficiency. We envision a future where companies, teams and people reach their full potential.

Our People:

People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Win as One Team, Stay Curious, Do The Right Thing, Own the Outcome, and Create Belonging. Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry‑leading technology. 6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves, take risks, act with integrity, and measure success by the value we create for our customers. We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career.

About the Team

The 6sense Legal team spans commercial, privacy, product, corporate, employment, IP, and legal operations. We're building a legal function that is operationally excellent, people‑centered, and genuinely AI‑forward, not as a buzzword, but as a working method that delivers best‑in‑class in‑house legal services at the speed the business moves. AI is part of how we work every day - accelerating research, drafting, analysis, and knowledge management. We expect every attorney to demonstrate strong AI fluency, exercise independent legal judgment, verify AI‑assisted output, and help us continually improve how legal services are delivered.

The Job

We are hiring Employment Counsel to anchor our employment and compliance work while flexing across the broader legal remit as business needs evolve. This role is designed for an attorney with 5 years of overall legal experience, including at least 2 years of meaningful employment law experience, who wants to build broad in‑house judgment rather than remain narrowly specialized.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to our People team and take meaningful ownership of employment counseling, investigations, policies, compliance, and related matters. Once the employment portfolio is well managed, you may also support basic corporate governance and other legal department priorities. You will use AI thoughtfully to accelerate your work while maintaining the accuracy, judgment, confidentiality, and accountability expected of legal counsel.

This role is employment‑focused, but it is designed for an attorney who wants to grow as a broad in‑house counselor. If you want meaningful ownership, direct business partnership, and the opportunity to deepen your employment expertise while exercising sound legal judgment, this may be the right fit.

You Will

• Own day‑to‑day employment law matters: Advise on workplace policies, performance management, investigations, leave and accommodation questions, wage‑and‑hour issues, employee relations, and separations across our jurisdictions, including coordination with local counsel where appropriate.
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment documents: Prepare offer letters, separation and settlement agreements, employment‑related memos, and local‑counsel engagement agreements; respond to employment‑related subpoenas and personnel file requests.
• Build and maintain compliance infrastructure: Design and operate practical processes for regulatory monitoring, training, policy review, audits, investigations, and compliance reporting so the company can identify and address obligations proactively.
• Support corporate governance: Assist with subsidiary maintenance, director and officer matters, board and committee materials, corporate records, and other governance work.
• Flex across the broader legal remit: Take on matters in commercial, privacy, product, IP, litigation, and other areas as workload and business priorities evolve, using AI‑assisted research and established escalation practices to get up to speed quickly and responsibly.
• Use AI as a core tool, not an experiment: Apply AI tools to legal research, drafting, issue spotting, analysis, and knowledge management; validate outputs; protect confidential information; and help refine the team's AI‑enabled workflows.
• Exercise sound judgment and know when to elevate: Identify when a matter requires a specialist colleague, a second legal review, or outside counsel, and frame the issue clearly so the right person can act efficiently.
• Partner directly with the business: Work directly with People, Finance, Sales, Product, Security, and other stakeholders as a trusted advisor, translating legal risk into practical recommendations the business can act on.
• Build for scale: Create scalable playbooks, templates, guidance, and processes that improve consistency, speed, and ownership across the organization.

You Have

• A J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 4-5 years of relevant legal experience in‑house, in private practice, or a combination of both.
• At least 2 years of meaningful employment law experience, including advising on employee relations, workplace policies, investigations, accommodations or leave, performance management, or separations.
• Experience supporting employment compliance, policies, training, investigations, audits, or related operational processes.
• Demonstrated comfort working outside a narrow specialty and developing a practical working knowledge of unfamiliar legal issues.
• Hands‑on experience using AI tools for legal research, drafting, or analysis, with a clear approach to verification, confidentiality, and responsible reliance on AI‑assisted output. You can point to a real workflow you have used or built, and you are crisp about where human judgment is non‑negotiable.
• Experience supporting a global workforce or coordinating multi‑jurisdictional employment matters, including work involving the UK or India.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to translate legal risk into clear, actionable business advice.
• Sound judgment about risk, ownership, and escalation, including knowing when a matter needs another set of eyes or specialist support.
• A builder's mindset, strong follow‑through, and comfort making progress in an environment where priorities and assignments may evolve.

Nice to Have

• Prior in‑house experience, particularly at a high‑growth, PE‑backed, VC‑backed, or B2B SaaS company.
• Experience with, or interest in learning, routine corporate governance or subsidiary management.
• Familiarity with privacy, data protection, AI governance, or technology‑related compliance.
• Experience developing playbooks, knowledge systems, technology‑enabled workflows, or other scalable legal processes.

If you’re serious about this role, please include a cover letter.

Base Salary Range: $127,697.25 - $187,289.30. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including but not limited to work location and experience. The base salary is one component of 6sense’s total compensation package for this position. Other compensation may include a bonus program or commission plan, and stock options if approved by 6sense’s board. In addition, 6sense provides a variety of benefits, including generous health insurance coverage, life, and disability insurance, a 401K employer matching program, paid holidays, self‑care days, and paid time off (PTO). #Li‑remote

Full‑time employees can take advantage of health coverage, paid parental leave, generous paid time‑off and holidays, quarterly self‑care days off, and stock options. We’ll make sure you have the equipment and support you need to work and connect with your teams, at home or in one of our offices.

We have a growth mindset culture that is represented in all that we do, from onboarding through to numerous learning and development initiatives including access to our LinkedIn Learning platform. Employee well‑being is also top of mind for us. We host quarterly wellness education sessions to encourage self care and personal growth. From wellness days to ERG‑hosted events, we celebrate and energize all 6sense employees and their backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

6sense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff…

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail] .