Lead Employment Counsel

Join Ramp's Legal team as a Lead Employment Counsel. In this generalist employment role, you will handle U.S. employment counseling, cover non-U.S. jurisdictions as needed, and own immigration and global mobility. You will partner directly with various teams and manage outside counsel in jurisdictions where expertise is not available in-house. Your responsibilities will include day-to-day employment counseling, immigration and global mobility, investigations, disputes, agreements and templates, transactions, and building for scale.

• Assurer le conseil juridique en matière d'emploi aux partenaires et aux gestionnaires, en couvrant des domaines tels que l'embauche, la classification des travailleurs, la rémunération, les congés et les accommodations, la gestion de la performance, la discipline et les séparations.
• Collaborer avec l'équipe des ressources humaines sur le programme d'immigration, y compris l'autorisation de travail en dehors des États-Unis, et gérer le volume des cas d'immigration.
• Gérer les lettres de demande, les charges d'agence, les arbitrages et les litiges en collaboration avec des avocats externes.

• Deep U.S. employment counseling experience across the full employee lifecycle, including wage and hour, leaves and accommodations, investigations, performance management, and separations
• Working knowledge of employment law outside the U.S. and the judgment to triage a cross-border question quickly
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and processes are still being built, and a bias toward action
• Exceptional written and verbal communication. You can turn an employment law question into guidance a manager can act on in one reading
• 8+ years practicing employment law, with a combination of top law firm and in-house experience at a high-growth technology company
• Demonstrated ability to independently run multiple time-sensitive matters
• High judgment on sensitive and confidential matters, and the steadiness to advise on them under time pressure
• JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (New York or California preferred)
• Hands-on experience with U.S. business immigration and global mobility, including running a sponsorship program and managing immigration counsel at volume
• Experience at a fintech, payments, or regulated financial services company
• Experience standing up employment infrastructure in a new country, including EOR-to-entity transitions and works council or employee representative consultation
• A track record of using AI or automation to eliminate manual legal work
• Employment experience across EMEA, APAC, LATAM, or Canada