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About the Role

The Employment Law Team at Pinterest is seeking an experienced Senior Lead Counsel to advise on complex employment matters. This role will partner with the People Team and business leaders to navigate various workforce decisions, manage legal risks, and support company values and culture.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted senior advisor to executives, People Team leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders on complex employment matters, such as workforce strategy, organizational change, global mobility, employee relations, accommodations, leaves, classification, and contingent workforces.
Independently assess complex and ambiguous legal and business risks, synthesize competing considerations, and provide decisive, practical recommendations aligned with Pinterest’s objectives.
Lead the development and implementation of employment-related agreements, policies, guidelines, and other legal documents and operating practices.
Develop and lead complex, cross-functional employment-law initiatives, including compliance programs, policy rollouts, process improvements, training, and other strategic People Team priorities.
Partner with senior stakeholders to identify emerging risks, set priorities, secure resources, and drive alignment and accountability across interconnected workstreams.
Manage significant employment disputes, litigation, agency investigations, and regulatory matters; develop practical resolution strategies that balance legal, business, employee-experience, and reputational considerations.
Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and legal work to budget, maintaining appropriate quality, efficiency, and strategic oversight.
Monitor developments in employment law and translate them into clear, actionable guidance, policies, training, and scalable business practices.
Act as an AI-forward legal partner by identifying responsible opportunities to use AI to improve legal research, risk spotting, workflow efficiency, knowledge management, and service delivery, while applying sound judgment regarding confidentiality, accuracy, bias, transparency, and human oversight.

Requirements

JD and active bar admission, with a minimum of 10 years of experience handling complex employment matters in a sophisticated law firm or in-house environment; California or New York bar admission preferred.
In-house experience in a fast-paced organization is preferred.
Deep knowledge of U.S. employment law and experience advising senior business and People leaders on high-impact, complex matters.
Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills, including the ability to assess ambiguity, balance competing considerations, and make timely recommendations.
Excellent communication and executive-influence skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly and build trusted partnerships.
Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment and accountability across stakeholders.
Strong experience negotiating and managing employment litigation, agency investigations, regulatory matters, and outside counsel relationships.
AI-forward mindset, including the ability to evaluate and responsibly apply AI tools to legal work and scaling efficiency.
Impeccable integrity, discretion, resilience, and commitment to an inclusive environment.
US based applicants only

Skills

Employment law
Legal counsel
Risk assessment
Policy development
Litigation management
Outside counsel management
AI tools application
Communication
Executive influence
Cross-functional leadership

Location

Remote (situated anywhere in the country)

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid (in-office 1-3 times per year for collaboration)

Experience Level

Senior
10+ years of experience

Education Level

Juris Doctor (JD)
Active bar admission

Salary/Compensations

$178,255—$366,996 USD

Benefits

Equity
Information regarding benefits available for this position can be found here.

About the Company

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime.
At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest can be found here.

Equal Opportunity

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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