Senior Counsel (Employment)

Join Motive, a fast-growing technology company, as a Senior Counsel, Employment. In this role, you will provide strategic legal guidance across the employee lifecycle for a distributed, multi-jurisdictional workforce. You will advise on a broad range of employment matters, manage legal risk, and help build scalable employment policies and processes. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant employment-law experience, excellent communication skills, and a strong business judgment.

• Advising on a broad range of employment matters, including hiring, performance management, employee relations, accommodations, leaves, investigations, discipline, compensation, classification, restrictive covenants, and separations.
• Drafting, reviewing, and updating employment-related agreements, policies, procedures, training materials, and communications, with a comprehensive annual review and update cycle.
• Managing and overseeing employment-related claims, agency charges, audits, investigations, and litigation in partnership with internal and external counsel.

• The ideal candidate brings sound judgment, strong employment-law expertise, and the ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear, actionable guidance
• J.D. and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state
• Deep knowledge of employment law and demonstrated experience advising on employee relations, contingent workers, restrictive covenants, workplace investigations, wage and hour matters, leaves, accommodations, and employment-related disputes
• 10+ years of relevant employment-law experience in a law firm and in-house legal department
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, close attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize competing demands in a fast-paced environment
• Brings strong technical drafting skills for preparing employment-related agreements
• Ability to manage complex matters independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and external counsel
• Strong business judgment and the ability to provide clear, practical, and risk-calibrated advice
• Someone with a great sense of humor and no ego who shares our vision that the legal team can be both a center of excellence and fun at the same time!
• AI-first perspective, with interest in building and leveraging AI-driven tools
• Experience supporting a distributed or multi-jurisdictional workforce across multiple U.S. states as well as international jurisdictions, preferably in a technology or high-growth company
• A self-motivated individual with a solutions-oriented, low-ego approach and willingness to contribute beyond a narrowly defined specialty
• Experience advising on equity incentive plans and equity matters across a distributed workforce