- Company: Stripe
- Location: Dublin, London
- Job type: Full-time
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About the role
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform used by millions of companies globally. You will join the legal team to support the People team and other business partners across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In this position, you will provide subject-matter expertise on employment issues and proactively manage employment-related risks.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the People team on recruiting, hiring, performance management, compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, data privacy, and internal investigations.
- Review employment policies to ensure legal compliance and consistency with best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain employment compliance.
- Draft and negotiate employment-related agreements, including offer letters, contractor agreements, and vendor agreements.
- Handle pre-litigation and litigation matters.
- Monitor developments in employment, AI, and data protection law to advise on potential impacts.
Requirements
- 4+ years of specialist, post-qualification employment law experience at a law firm or in-house legal department.
- Qualification to practice law in Ireland or England and Wales.
- Ability to analyse complex employment law matters and make well-reasoned decisions amid ambiguity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders while maintaining discretion and confidentiality.
- Strong organisational and project-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple workstreams and support international matters outside EMEA when needed.
Preferred qualifications:
- In-house experience or experience advising technology clients as external counsel.
- Experience advising on employee representative bodies, works councils, and European works councils.
- Experience advising on jurisdictions outside Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Pay and benefits
Specific salary details and benefits are not listed in the job advertisement.
How to apply
Apply directly on Stripe’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
