Senior Employment Counsel – Collibra

46% 1-Year Employee Growth Rate | 82% 2-Year Employee Growth Rate | LinkedIn | $596.5M Venture Funding

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Joining Collibra's Legal team:

The Senior Employment Counsel will be exposed to a variety of legal and business matters and will report directly to Collibra’s General Counsel.  The ideal candidate is a self-starting problem-solver who can work both autonomously and collaboratively, as the circumstances warrant, and also roll up your sleeves when necessary to get the job done.

The Senior Employment Counsel at Collibra is responsible for:

• Guide and provide pragmatic advice on a wide range of global employment issues, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, wage and hour laws, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, pay practices, contingent workers, HR policies and procedures, performance management, investigations, terminations, and labor relations, leveraging outside counsel where necessary
• Build and implement scalable, compliant employment policies and programs
• Draft, negotiate, and enforce employment-related agreements, templates, and forms (e.g., employment, consulting, separation, etc.).
• Monitor changes and updates to employment laws and advise of developments applicable to the company and its operations
• Provide legal support for the Company’s DEI efforts
• Handle and/or provide support on employment-related pre-litigation and litigation matters with minimal supervision.

You Have:

• Ability to balance lots of simultaneous tasks and triage to make sure the right matters get attention
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with substantive labor & employment law experience both at a law firm and in-house
• International experience strongly preferred

You Are:

• Convinced that no project is too big or too small
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Experienced in creating and scaling processes and policies for a rapidly growing company
• A problem solver with the ability to remain calm when problems arise
• Self-motivated and have ability to identify and handle the matters at hand without instruction
• Licensed and in good standing to practice law in the United States

Reporting to Collibra's General Counsel, Senior Employment Counsel measures of success are:

• Within your first month, you will develop a plan to review the Company’s global employment practices.
• WIthin your third month, you will begin to implement new employment policies and programs
• Within your six month, you will be seen as the go-to expert on global employment matters for the Company

Benefits at Collibra:

We strive to provide all Collibrians with competitive and cost-efficient benefits that are aligned to our company values. As a high-growth company, our goal is to offer flexibility and choice with our benefits programs to support the evolving needs of our changing workforce. The specific offerings will differ slightly by region but our {Be}well benefit programs encompass the following strategic pillars:

• {Be}Healthy: Healthcare for yourself and eligible dependents (inclusive of partners/domestic partners), mental health resources and care, tax-advantaged accounts, income protection, discount programs and more! Additionally, we encourage employees to treat their whole self by offering a bi-monthly calendar of events and programming dedicated to our {Be}well initiatives which focus on wellbeing areas including emotional, professional & social, financial, physical, allyship & belonging and giving back.
• {Be}With Family: We offer multiple types of leave so that you can spend time with loved ones, including parental leave, caregiver leave and our annual family day. These are all complementary to our culture in which we value output over hours!
• {Be}Kind: Collibra For Good, Unconscious Bias & Allyship training, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Strategy, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) strategy, racial equity awareness programs and Collibra-led fundraisers.
• {Be}Unplugged: Our paid time off programs include vacation, holidays, sick time and compassionate/bereavement leave. We also offer remote-friendly meditation sessions and cooking lessons – all of which you’re actively encouraged to use!
• {Be}Informed: Competitive compensation, bonus potential, private company equity, merit reviews and promotion cycles, company pension, discounts programs, access to LinkedIn Learning, employee referral program, employee rewards & recognition, development programs and more!
• {Be}Together: Community and belonging with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and personal interest groups, ERG-driven events, speaker series, and celebrations, a dedicated DEI council, the virtual Collibra cafe, trivia, bingo games and much more! 

When in-person (office) life resumes, we look forward to more snacks, catered lunches, team offsites and social events (think holiday gift exchange, fundraising events, happy hours, celebrations and more)!

Equal Opportunity:

At Collibra, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer – which ties directly to our core value, “open, direct, and kind.” We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone. 

With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category.

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