Senior International Legal Program Manager

Senior International Legal Program Manager

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of program management, project management, and other relevant experience, experience in EOR
• Minimum of 2 years of human resources, legal, risk management, or compliance experience
• Ability to be a business partner across internal clients and stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated time management, organizational, and analytical skills with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and structure service level agreements with local counsel and other legal vendors per jurisdiction, as well as manage and monitor the relationships with each legal vendor per jurisdiction to ensure compliance with local regulations and service level agreements.
• Receive, clarify, and process International legal requests from various teams, such as Expansion, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, and Finance, for direct resolution or escalation internally to the Justworks International Legal team or externally to local counsel, as appropriate; as well as manage and maintain the systems and tools for such requests.
• Manage and mitigate legal claims with the support of the Justworks International Legal team and external counsel, when needed.
• Create and maintain an inventory of local compliance requirements for each jurisdiction, identify opportunities for and build out standard operating procedures, automation, and design mitigation measures cross-functionally; assist in remediation plans.
• Maintain the International Legal Roadmap, the global legal initiatives designed to meet the strategic goals of Justworks International.
• Track spend on international legal matters and manage approvals of associated legal invoices.
• Use information obtained from local jurisdictional experience and external counsel to prepare, manage, and enhance Justworks International knowledge bases and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and conduct employment and HR compliance training programs tailored for employees.
• Work with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders relating to various legal and compliance matters.
• Help drive compliance program awareness and handle other related responsibilities.
• Support in other duties as needed based on department and organizational needs. Some travel is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience working with or in multiple countries preferred