Closing Date: 29th April, 2024
Description:
Overview:Microsoft has an immediate opening for an experienced employment attorney on the Global Employment Law team in the role of Corporate Counsel, Global Employment Programs to provide employment law advice on global human resources programs and business initiatives.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate Degree or Equivalent International Degree
- OR Completion of a Legal Apprenticeship.
- Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
- 3+ years experience as a practicing attorney
- OR equivalent practice of law.
- Experience with programmatic implementation regarding employment law matters and advising technology clients on employment and labor law matters
Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
- Law firm experience or in-house counsel experience
- Experience advising on U.S. and international labor and employment law issues, such as employee privacy, M&A, works councils and other international labor relations issues, non-competes, and multi-jurisdictional compliance issues
- Experience advising on large-scale programs for a global company, including balancing and advising on complex legal and business considerations, ensuring timely completion of deliverable deadlines, and communicating with stakeholders
Responsibilities:
- You will act as the primary employment law advisor on global people programs.
- You will advise on the labor and employment implications of Human Resources projects and programs (e.g., Mergers and Acquisitions, Privacy, Background Screening, etc.) and business initiatives. This includes employment law advice on:
- Project development and implementation strategy, including principles and frameworks, communications, timelines, and trainings.
- Compliance with evolving global laws, consistency with corporate standards, and assessing the impact of novel issues.
- You will identify and anticipate employment law risk in the programs and projects within your remit and propose solutions to mitigate future risk.
- You will interact with outside counsel or other service providers to create global legal surveys, synthesize legal advice across geographies, and address and resolve project-specific legal issues.
- You will conduct, review, interpret, and analyze legal advice and maintain a basic understanding of global labor and employment law principles.
- You will identify and implement processes and tools to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness, including client and internal resources.
- You will identify and engage appropriate stakeholders in CELA, HR, and the business to escalate issues and make connections across bodies of work, using written and oral communication skills to articulate recommendations and provide options on complex legal issues.
- You will collaborate and partner effectively across teams to provide client service in a high volume and fast-paced environment.
