Provides global employment and commercial legal counsel for the company and its clients. Responsibilities include advising on labor matters, drafting employment and commercial agreements, negotiating contracts, supporting litigation, partnering with global teams, and addressing corporate legal needs. The role also develops AI-assisted legal workflows for contract analysis, drafting, research, knowledge management, and cross-jurisdictional employment law guidance.
Description
Papaya Global is a rapidly growing, award-winning B2B tech unicorn with an ambitious mission to revolutionize the payroll & payments industry. With over $400M raised from multiple tier-one investors, our innovative technology provides a comprehensive solution for managing global workforces, encompassing everything from hiring and onboarding to managing and paying employees in over 160 countries.
We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel & Employment Expert to join our growing Legal team. Our ideal candidate is an experienced commercial and employment lawyer who will serve as the company's and its clients' professional point of contact across commercial contracts and global employment law matters.
You will:
- Handle global employment issues and serve as the expert point of contact for labor and employment law matters, including litigation.
- Provide advice and day-to-day support on Employment and Labor issues including recruiting and hiring, performance management, terminations, compensation, and restrictive covenants.
- Draft, revise, and advise on employee related documents including employment agreements, contractor agreements, and separation agreements.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal contracts with clients, partners, vendors, and third parties (services agreements, NDAs, DPAs, SaaS agreements). Provide legal guidance and explanations to the company's clients on employment law topics.
- Work closely with the company's global partners on employment legal issues.
- Coordinate clients' legal and commercial needs with the relevant legal aspects.
- Work with the company's departments (Sales, Product, Marketing, Finance, Customer Success Managers) on diverse legal issues.
- Provide other general corporate law advice as needed.
- Leverage AI-powered tools to support legal workflows, including contract analysis, legal drafting, employment law research, and synthesis of multi-jurisdiction legal requirements.
- Apply AI-assisted capabilities to improve consistency, efficiency, and quality in employment law guidance, legal knowledge management, and internal legal operations while maintaining legal accuracy and professional judgment.
- US-qualified attorney/lawyer with 4+ years' experience as in-house counsel in a High-Tech/Fintech company and as an attorney at a prominent law firm.
- Expertise in labor and employment laws (local and international).
- Experience in human resources or any other related field - an advantage.
- Experience in litigation - an advantage.
- Attention to detail.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
- Multi-tasker, self-motivated and persistent.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Comfortable dealing with a global customer base and interacting in a multicultural environment.
- Able to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools as an integral part of legal workflows, including legal drafting, contract review, employment law research, legal summarization, and cross-jurisdiction legal analysis.
- Ability to leverage and implement AI-assisted workflows, including building AI-driven processes and automation for the legal team, to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability of legal operations while maintaining high standards of legal accuracy, confidentiality, and professional judgment.
Papaya Global Austin, Texas, USA Office
12357 c Riata Trace Pkwy, Bldg 7 Ste 100, , Austin, Texas , United States, 78727
Papaya Global Austin, Texas, USA Office
12357 Riata Trace Pkwy, Austin, United States, 78727
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