Senior Employment Counsel - Global HR & AI Compliance

Coinbase, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking an experienced employment law counsel to support its global HR and compliance team. The role focuses on performance management, terminations, accommodations, and cross-border employment matters across 20+ countries, with ongoing collaboration with outside counsel.

You will advise on employment agreements, relocation, and exits, while guiding the deployment of AI tools under a robust compliance framework and contributing to pay equity initiatives and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• J.D. with active U.S. state bar membership and 5+ years of employment law experience, including meaningful in-house experience advising HR business partners on the full range of employment matters.
• Strong U.S. advice-and-counsel experience across performance management, terminations, accommodations and leaves. Experience with hourly or customer experience populations is a plus. Experience counseling on international employment matters is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with employment litigation and administrative charges, including position statements, discovery, litigation holds and outside counsel coordination.
• Working knowledge of U.S. HR compliance requirements (EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP, pay equity) and demonstrated engagement with the emerging AI and employment law regulatory landscape.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own a people relations counseling portfolio, providing first-line legal support on performance management, disciplinary processes, accommodations, policy questions, and exits across the full company.
• Advise on international employment matters across our 20+ country footprint, partnering with outside local counsel and HR on cross-border questions, country expansions, and EMEA and APAC employee issues.
• Support employment agreement workflows, including offer letter review, standard separation agreements, transfer letters, and relocation agreements, working from established templates and escalating complex matters.
• Drive tactical compliance support for the People team's deployment of AI tools in recruiting and HR, reviewing specific tool deployments against Coinbase's AI employment law compliance framework, advising on bias audit obligations, and drafting required notices and disclosures.
• Partner with the People team on HR compliance matters, including EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP obligations, and pay equity compliance, contributing to the team's global compliance program as it expands in scope.
• Support employment litigation and administrative proceedings, including drafting EEOC position statements, coordinating with outside counsel, managing litigation holds, and assisting with discovery on active matters.
• Track employment law developments and turn them into practical guidance for HR partners.

Education

J.D. with active U.S. state bar membership

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking an experienced employment law counsel to support its global HR and compliance team. The role focuses on performance management, terminations, accommodations, and cross-border employment matters across 20+ countries, with ongoing collaboration with outside counsel.

You will advise on employment agreements, relocation, and exits, while guiding the deployment of AI tools under a robust compliance framework and contributing to pay equity initiatives and regulatory alignment.