Managing Counsel – Employment, Disputes, Litigation

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $160k - $201k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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insightsoftware

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

☁️ SaaS

💸 Finance

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $798.6M Private Equity Round - insightsoftware on 2021-07

SaaS • Finance • Enterprise

insightsoftware is a provider of financial and operational reporting software and data analytics solutions for the Office of the CFO. Its cloud-enabled platform and pre-built connectors integrate with major ERPs (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and 140+ others) to deliver financial reporting, budgeting/planning, consolidation, tax and lease lifecycle management, embedded analytics, and automation tools. The company serves finance, accounting, and operations teams with AI-enabled features, data virtualization, and turnkey templates to accelerate reporting, planning, and compliance.

📋 Description

• Lead insightsoftware's global disputes and litigation function within the Governance, Risk, Compliance & Disputes team • Manage the company's global disputes and litigation docket across commercial, IP, contract, vendor, regulatory, employment, and other disputes • Serve as primary contact for claims, demand letters, administrative charges, and civil litigation; triage matters and determine case strategy • Engage and oversee outside counsel across dispute types and jurisdictions • Manage litigation budgets, billing guidelines, and outside counsel performance • Evaluate and recommend settlement strategies with senior leadership, business stakeholders, and GRCD teammates • Maintain the enterprise disputes and litigation docket and provide regular status reporting • Oversee matter intake, legal holds, document collection, and discovery processes • Draft and negotiate settlement, separation, and other resolution agreements • Build and oversee scalable processes, playbooks, and reporting tools for disputes intake, escalation, and matter management • Identify legal and litigation risk and develop cross-functional mitigation strategies • Support compliance initiatives, policy audits, and training related to disputes and employment matters • Advise Human Resources and business leaders on employment law across the international footprint • Advise on employee relations, wage and hour compliance, leave management, accommodations, worker classification, and pay equity • Review and advise on employment policies, handbooks, offer letters, employment agreements, and restrictive covenant agreements • Monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting litigation risk and the global workforce • Directly manage and develop a team, including setting priorities, coaching, and supporting professional growth • Build team capacity and processes for a growing disputes caseload • Establish relationships with HR leadership, business stakeholders, the General Counsel, and legal team members during the first 90 days

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in at least one U.S. state • 7+ years of legal experience in employment law, including both law firm and in-house experience • Experience managing disputes and litigation, including administrative proceedings and civil litigation • Ability to manage disputes beyond employment law, including commercial, contract, IP, or vendor matters • In-house experience managing a disputes or litigation docket, including outside counsel selection, budget oversight, and matter reporting to senior stakeholders • Directly managed a team of at least three people, including hiring, coaching, and performance management • Significant knowledge of employment law frameworks in at least one non-U.S. jurisdiction: UK, EU, Canada, or Australia • Ability to engage substantively on cross-border matters and work effectively with local counsel • Strong business judgment and ability to provide clear, practical legal advice in a fast-paced environment • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Comfort presenting to senior leadership and the General Counsel • Flexibility and adaptability to manage a broad and evolving portfolio of dispute types across a global organization • Experience managing commercial or IP litigation in addition to employment disputes • Experience in a global software company or technology-driven enterprise preferred • Experience supporting Human Resources through M&A integration and workforce restructurings preferred • Exposure to employment and litigation data privacy considerations, including GDPR, CCPA, and analogous frameworks, preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Additional bonus eligibility may apply • Equal employment opportunity • Confidential handling of applicant information • Background checks conducted where permitted by country, state/province