Head of Global Employment Law – Litigation

🕒 July 15

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $207.8k - $346.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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8x8

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1996

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

💰 $121.9M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-01

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

8x8 is a comprehensive platform and partner designed to enhance customer experience (CX) by unifying business communications and interaction data. Trusted by over 3 million business users, 8x8 provides solutions such as contact centers, unified communications, and no-code APIs to address complex communication challenges. By integrating artificial intelligence into their platform, 8x8 helps businesses connect teams and customers, gain insights, and drive impactful results. The platform aims to modernize operations, mitigate risks, and build customer loyalty, offering a seamless and efficient experience for enterprises.

📋 Description

• Deliver business-oriented, risk-balanced advice and counsel on the full range of employment law issues, including hiring, disciplinary actions, dismissals, reductions in force, complex employee relations issues, restructurings/redundancies, works councils, compensation and benefits, leaves, and employee privacy matters. • Advise on FMLA compliance, disability accommodations under the ADA and analogous state and global laws, including complex situations involving overlapping leave, fitness-for-duty issues, and reasonable accommodation requests across 8x8’s remote and distributed workforce. • Partner with People & Workplaces on works council and collective employee relations matters. • Create and revise global policies and procedures consistent with 8x8’s values and compliant with applicable laws. • Conduct and oversee internal employee investigations in coordination with Security and People & Workplaces. • Support global employment projects, including jurisdiction-specific policy development, handbook review and approval, and code of conduct updates. • Advise on and support compliance with evolving pay transparency and pay equity requirements across 8x8’s jurisdictions, including the EU and U.S. • Monitor changes in global employment laws, regulations, and industry practices and provide proactive, practical guidance to the business. • Lead all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution, including formulating strategy, managing discovery, preparing witnesses, drafting motions, and overseeing outside counsel through trial or resolution. • Manage employment claims, commercial disputes, and administrative proceedings (EEOC, state agencies, arbitrations). • Draft pre-litigation correspondence, demand letters, and subpoena responses. • Work closely with legal, product, engineering, and business teams to proactively identify, counsel on, and mitigate litigation risks. • Oversee and continuously improve internal litigation processes, matter management tools, and workflows. • Identify, retain, and manage outside counsel; ensure accurate budgets, cost discipline, and timely accruals. • Actively use and champion AI-powered legal tools (e.g., AI-assisted legal research, document review, contract analysis, and workflow automation) to increase efficiency and quality of legal work product. • Contribute to the Legal team’s AI strategy by identifying opportunities to apply technology to employment law and litigation workflows. • Stay current on AI developments in the legal industry and share best practices with the team.

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from a nationally recognized law school with strong academic credentials; active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar. • 10+ years of relevant employment law and litigation experience, ideally combining 4+ years at a well-regarded law firm practicing employment litigation with meaningful in-house counsel experience at a multinational technology company. • Substantial hands-on litigation experience, including managing discovery, deposing witnesses, drafting dispositive motions, guiding strategy, and overseeing matters through trial or resolution in state and federal courts as well as arbitrations. • Deep expertise in U.S. employment law, with demonstrated experience advising on employment matters in at least the UK, EU or APAC. • Proven ability to operate effectively as a strategic business partner—delivering practical, solutions-oriented legal advice that aligns with company goals and priorities and ability to calibrate risk effectively. • Demonstrated AI fluency and enthusiasm for leveraging artificial intelligence tools to enhance legal work product, research, and operational efficiency. Comfort with emerging legal technology is essential. • Excellent judgment, self-motivation, and integrity; ability to handle complex matters independently with minimal supervision in a remote environment. • Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build deep, trust-based relationships with stakeholders across functions and geographies. • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex organization—managing a substantial workload of time-sensitive matters while advancing longer-term strategic projects. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and promptly to both legal and non-legal audiences.

🏖️ Benefits

• A fully remote position within the United States with flexibility and autonomy. • The opportunity to work on an AI-forward legal team that is redefining how in-house legal teams operate. • Direct partnership with the Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership on strategic matters. • A collaborative, high-trust culture that values innovation, intellectual curiosity, and continuous learning. • Competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience. • Access to cutting-edge AI and legal technology tools.