Description
Compensation
The base salary for this role is $130K – $200K, with additional compensation options such as equity and bonus.
How you'll make impact
As Employment Counsel for Airwallex in the Americas, you'll be a hands-on partner to People & Talent on employment matters that carry the most risk. You'll help build playbooks, policies, and processes for a scaling employment function to provide clear, commercially practical advice across the business.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing US employment law advice and coordinating guidance across other jurisdictions
- Building employment playbooks, templates, policies, and manager guidance
- Leading workplace investigations, employment disputes, agency charges, and litigation
- Partnering with People & Talent, Total Rewards, Data & Privacy, Corporate Legal, and business leaders on employee lifecycle matters
- Advising on hiring, contracts, performance management, accommodations, leaves, wage and hour compliance, and terminations
What we're looking for
Essentials
- A J.D. degree or foreign equivalent and active membership in at least one US state bar
- 5+ years of employment law experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department
- Experience advising on and coordinating employment law matters across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience leading workplace investigations and managing employment disputes
- The ability to translate complex legal issues into clear guidance for non-legal audiences
- Strong judgment and the ability to give commercially practical advice under time pressure
- Fluent English
Preferred
- Experience at a fintech, payments company, or other highly regulated business
- Experience with contractor classification, employer-of-record populations, or cross-border remote work
- Experience with California Labor Code matters
- Experience advising on immigration, restructuring, or RIF execution
- Experience with works councils or statutory employee representation
Benefits
Benefits vary by country and employment type. US-based employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits. They also receive 20 paid days of vacation and 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year.