Rippling
Lead Counsel, HR Products
Remote. The employer does not say where candidates may be based.
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Employer listed it 2h ago · Found 2h ago
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Salary
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Location
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Timezone
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Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Finance
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $170k–$250k a year, a typical range taken from 118 lead-level finance roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Undisclosed
The listing is advertised as remote but does not state which countries or regions candidates may work from.
Why this role is Undisclosed
We only label a role Work from anywhere, Region restricted or Work from home when the employer's own wording says so. We checked this advert under our current rules and found no country or region eligibility requirement in it. We don't guess, so it stays Undisclosed until the employer publishes enough location information. Here is exactly what the advert left out.
- Countries you can work from: Not stated. The advert only gives "Remote", which names no country you must live in.
- Whether the work is remote: Never mentioned. The role reached us through a remote job board, but the advert itself doesn't say the work is remote.
- Working hours: Not stated. No timezone overlap or set hours are mentioned, so assume nothing either way.
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- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote"
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About the role
About Rippling
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.
Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.
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About the Role
We are looking for a highly-motivated, business-minded attorney to join as Lead Counsel, HR Products on the Legal & Compliance team. In this role, you will partner closely with Product, Sales, and Compliance, and will report to our Assistant General Counsel, HR Products. You will provide key legal guidance to our business team as we launch our Employer of Record (“EOR”) services in new countries, and will provide ongoing product counseling and employment counseling across our launched EOR countries. You will also serve as wage and hour product counsel to our HR product teams more broadly, including the Payroll and Time products. You are a self-starter and are excited to learn about new jurisdictions and new areas of law. You are a strategic thinker and want to build a world-class, highly efficient product counsel function at a rapidly growing company. You have a passion for providing creative, proactive, and pragmatic legal guidance.
What you will do
Provide employment counsel to our EOR HR Advisor teams.
Provide product counseling to our Time and Payroll teams, with a focus on wage and hour compliance.
Analyze and provide product counseling on employment rules and regulations and how to compliantly hire and offboard employees through an EOR in different jurisdictions.
Prepare employment agreement templates, termination notice and agreement templates, and policy documents for our EOR.
Partner with our Product, Operations, Business Development, Sales, and Client Services teams to build and manage Rippling’s product counseling function.
Navigate complex regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and abroad to create scalable and innovative solutions for our products and services.
Drive the compliance culture at Rippling and embed integrity and compliance in all of our operations as our company grows.
Advise and assist with Rippling’s general legal needs as they arise.
What you will need
5+ years of experience in-house or at a law firm.
Substantive knowledge of and experience with employment law , including strong California wage and hour expertise.
Substantive knowledge of and experience with employment law.
Law degree (e.g. JD or equivalent).
Experience with PEOs or EORs (preferred).
Entrepreneurial mindset, solution-oriented ethos, and ready to roll up your sleeves.
Passion for efficient processes.
Requirements
- ·Excellent drafting and written and verbal communication skills with the ability to break down complex legal jargon into easy-to-understand and practical advice.
- ·Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- ·Additional Information
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, undisclosed, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Rippling, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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