Lead Counsel, Employment

The role

You will provide U.S. employment counseling and manage immigration and global mobility. You will partner with various internal teams and manage outside counsel to support the company's growth.

What you will do

• Advise People partners and managers on hiring, worker classification, compensation, leaves, accommodations, performance management, discipline, and separations
• Collaborate with the People team on the immigration program and work authorization
• Set and communicate sponsorship policy and manage outside immigration counsel
• Support relocations, cross-border remote work requests, and business travel
• Partner with Finance and Tax on permanent establishment and mobility tax exposure
• Collaborate with the People team on internal investigations
• Handle demand letters, agency charges, arbitrations, and litigation with outside counsel
• Own offer letters, employment agreements, separation and release agreements, contractor and consultant agreements, and restrictive covenants
• Support employment and immigration diligence, employee transitions, and post-close integration for M&A and new-market entry
• Produce manager training, policies, self-serve guidance, and repeatable processes

Required qualifications

• 5+ years practicing employment law
• Combination of top law firm and in-house experience at a high-growth technology company
• JD from an accredited law school
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• Deep U.S. employment counseling experience across the full employee lifecycle
• Working knowledge of employment law outside the U.S.
• Hands-on experience with U.S. business immigration and global mobility
• Demonstrated ability to independently run multiple time-sensitive matters
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• High judgment on sensitive and confidential matters
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have

• New York or California bar membership
• Experience at a fintech, payments, or regulated financial services company
• Experience standing up employment infrastructure in a new country
• Employment experience across EMEA, APAC, LATAM, or Canada
• A track record of using AI or automation to eliminate manual legal work

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Weekly coffee stipend
• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed at Ramp
• Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
• Pet insurance
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more

About the company

Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. They automate how over $275B in annualized spend flows in and out of 85,000+ companies.