Senior Director and Senior Counsel, Head of Global Labor and Employment
Location: United States Country: United States of America Remote Job: True Primary Posting Location: Remote - United StatesFull-TimeDirector
Salary177,500 - 384,500 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 15 plus years of employment law experience
- Required Skills
- Compliance
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one state (Arizona, California, Texas, and/or Washington license(s) a plus)
- 15 plus years of employment law experience, including significant in-house experience supporting a global organization
- Deep expertise in U.S. and international employment law
- Demonstrated experience managing matters across multiple jurisdictions (EMEA and/or APAC)
- Familiarity with works councils or similar labor structures (Germany experience preferred)
- Proven leadership and executive partnership skills
- Experience advising C-suite executives, influencing business decisions, and building and developing teams while staying hands-on in complex legal matters
- Strong experience navigating high-stakes employment issues, including sensitive employee relations challenges, workplace investigations, executive-level matters
- Partnering with litigation teams and outside counsel on employment disputes
- Excellent judgment and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to balance legal risk with practical, result-focused solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Experience using technology and AI tools to improve legal service delivery preferred (willingness required)
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate all global workforce legal issues related to employee relations and labor matters across GoDaddy's corporate and international operations
- Build, develop, and inspire a distributed team of employment attorneys (U.S. and international), fostering alignment, accountability, and high performance
- Serve as a trusted advisor to our C-suite and executive leadership on workforce strategy, risk, and compliance
- Personally handle and closely advise on our most complex and sensitive matters, including executive-level issues, internal investigations, reorganizations, and reductions in force
- Develop and implement global employment policies, practices, and governance frameworks that align with local laws and company objectives
- Shape and deliver clear, practical legal guidance on employment risk to enable informed business decision-making
- Partner with our Litigation team to manage employment-related disputes, agency matters, and outside counsel strategy
- Drive a proactive, risk-based approach to employment law by monitoring legal developments and implementing scalable compliance solutions
- Advise on international labor matters, including works councils (e.g., Germany) and other jurisdiction-specific requirements
- Support global expansion, M&A, and organizational transformation initiatives from an employment law perspective
- Design and deliver training for leadership and People Operations on employment law, compliance, and risk mitigation
- Build and refine processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and consistency in how we deliver legal support to global employment
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and People Operations to ensure alignment on workforce-related risk
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