Senior Counsel, Employment & Compliance

The role

The Senior Counsel will lead the Legal team's employment, litigation, and compliance function. This person will own and operationalize corporate compliance programs and serve as a strategic partner to business stakeholders.

What you will do

• Serve as a senior advisor to executives and the People team on global labor and employment matters.
• Advise on employee relations issues including compliance, security, EEO investigations, and performance management.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Product, and Revenue teams to advise on platform and marketplace legal risk.
• Manage dispute resolution, legal process, and litigation including investigations and subpoenas.
• Provide counsel on regulatory and compliance issues related to the platform, customers, and workforce.
• Identify opportunities to use AI to improve legal research, risk identification, and workflow efficiency.

Required qualifications

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school or global equivalent
• Active bar admission in good standing in the applicable practice jurisdiction
• 7+ years of legal experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
• Substantive experience advising on global labor and employment matters, compliance, employee relations, and investigations
• Experience managing complex legal matters including litigation or dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional legal advisory work
• Experience independently evaluating complex legal and business risks

Nice to have

• Experience working in-house at a B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, or platform-based technology company
• Experience advising on or overseeing anti-bribery and corruption, privacy and data security, AML, KYC, OFAC, or security incident matters
• Experience using AI-powered legal technology or automation

Benefits

• Health (medical, vision, dental), life, and disability insurance
• Equity stock options
• Retirement plans
• Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Leaves of absence (including caregiver leave and leave under CO's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
• Employee Assistance Program

Before you apply

• Visa/work permit sponsorship is not available
• Employment is contingent on a background check

About the company

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The H1 Platform unites agentic AI solutions with security researchers ingenuity to secure the AI-native enterprise.