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About the Role
Scopely is seeking a Director, Senior Employment Counsel (Global) to manage employment-related legal and compliance matters globally. This role involves partnering with internal stakeholders to ensure legal compliance, mitigate risk, and advise on all employment aspects, including employee issues and offer documentation across diverse regions.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert counsel on employment law matters across multiple regions, with particular familiarity in Europe, Middle East & Asia including Spain, India, UK, Ireland, Israel, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and Germany.
- Support the Talent and Compensation teams in creation of employment documentation.
- Support employment litigation and dispute resolution in the regions supported, managing outside counsel as needed.
- Provide timely, practical, and business-focused legal guidance across multiple jurisdictions.
- Develop and update region-specific policies, handbooks, contracts, and procedures.
- Advise on strategic workforce planning, organizational design, restructuring, and M&A activity.
- Advise on works councils, unions and CBAs across the regions.
- Monitor and communicate regional legal developments and proactively adjust policies and practices to remain compliant.
Requirements
- Law degree with admission to practice in at least one jurisdiction.
- Minimum 14 years of progressive experience in global employment law.
- Proven success advising on complex, cross-border employment issues in a global, matrixed environment.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability and a deep understanding of risk management.
- Excellent negotiation skills and resilience in partnering with the business.
- Prior in-house and M&A experience preferred.
- Experience in the technology and/or games industry is a plus.
- Résumé/CV must be written in English.
Skills
- English fluency required
- Professional proficiency in Spanish highly desirable
- Additional languages are a plus
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 14 years of progressive experience in global employment law
Education Level
- Law degree with admission to practice in at least one jurisdiction
About the Company
- Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences.
- Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry.
- Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami.
- Scopely has achieved the position of #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue.
- Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide.
- Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Equal Opportunity
- Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.
- Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
- We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.