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About the Role
Airwallex is seeking a Senior Employment Counsel for the Americas to partner with the People & Talent team on high-risk employment issues including terminations, investigations, employee relations, and policy development. This role involves owning US employment law and coordinating advice across other jurisdictions, while also addressing unique cross-border and regulated entity matters. The ideal candidate will build the foundational playbooks for a scaling employment function.
Responsibilities
- Advise the People & Talent team and business leaders on the full employee lifecycle, including hiring, contracts and variations, performance management, accommodations, leaves, wage and hour compliance, and terminations.
- Lead workplace investigations and sensitive employee matters end-to-end, working with the cross-functional People and Legal working group.
- Draft, refresh, and own employment-related policies and templates.
- Manage employment disputes, agency charges, and litigation, instructing and controlling external counsel and associated legal spend.
- Coordinate multi-jurisdiction employment advice across APAC, EMEA and the Americas, including contractor and employer-of-record arrangements, cross-border remote work and mobility risk.
- Advise on compensation, benefits, and equity matters in a private company context.
Requirements
- J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and active membership in at least one US state bar (California, Washington, or New York preferred)
- 7+ years of employment law experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department, with demonstrated employment counseling experience beyond litigation alone
- Experience advising on and coordinating employment law advice across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience leading workplace investigations and managing employment disputes, agency charges, or tribunal matters
- The ability to translate complex legal and risk issues into clear, succinct, and actionable guidance for non-legal audiences
- High motivation and the ability to operate independently and pivot quickly within a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
- Experience at a fintech, payments company, or other highly regulated business
- Experience with contractor classification, employer-of-record populations, or cross-border remote work and permanent establishment risk
- A learner's mentality: you are consistently looking to take on new and diverse challenges and expand your knowledge and practice beyond your current areas of expertise
- Comfort operating across time zones with a globally distributed team, including colleagues based in APAC and EMEA
Skills
- Employment law
- Workplace investigations
- Employee relations
- Policy development
- Litigation management
- Cross-border employment advice
- Contractor classification
- Remote work and mobility risk
- Compensation and benefits advice
- Equity matters
Location
- San Francisco
- New York
- Seattle
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years of employment law experience
Education Level
- J.D. degree or foreign equivalent
About the Company
- Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, empowering over 250,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions for payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance.
- Founded in Melbourne, Airwallex has over 2,300 employees across 27 global offices.
- The company is valued at US$11 billion and backed by prominent investors.
- Airwallex is building the global payments and financial platform of the future.
- The company values builders with founder-like energy, impact, accelerated learning, and ownership.
- Employees are motivated by the mission and operating principles, moving fast with good judgment, curiosity, and first-principles decision-making.
- The culture encourages collaboration, turning ideas into products, and end-to-end execution, utilizing AI to work smarter.
- Employees tackle complex, high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow their careers.
Equal Opportunity
- Airwallex is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity.
- Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent, without regard to color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status.
- Accommodation is available for individuals with disabilities or special needs.