Assistant General Counsel, Employment

The role

You will provide employment law advice to unblock business needs and mitigate risk. You will own employment practices and advise on the entire employee life-cycle for a global workforce.

What you will do

• Own the company's employment practices and advise on the employee life-cycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure employment policies are legally sound.
• Maintain employment templates, policies, and training.
• Act as primary contact for employment pre-litigation and litigation matters.
• Supervise and direct outside counsel support.
• Assist in scaling the non-exempt workforce including wage and hour compliance.
• Own employment legal and operation strategy for international growth and mobility.
• Partner on internal investigations and employee relations matters.
• Advise on leaves of absences, accommodations, performance management, and compensation.
• Support privacy, immigration, and export control compliance.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience focused on employment law.
• Extensive experience in California.
• Proven combination of legal instincts and business acumen.
• Experience in spaces where law and regulation is ambiguous.
• Fast and precise writer.
• Technically proficient and comfortable working with modern tools like AI.
• Member of the California Bar.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling a fast growing company nationally and internationally
• Experience at private and public companies
• Admission in other jurisdictions

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Equity
• Competitive benefits package

About the company

Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology. Founded in 2016, it is building a universal autonomy platform for various vehicles and use cases.