Senior Legal Counsel, Employment

The role

You will provide strategic employment legal advice across a global organization. You will partner with the People team to mitigate risks and manage the full employee lifecycle.

What you will do

• Act as a trusted advisor on the full employee lifecycle.
• Partner with the People team and internal stakeholders to mitigate employment-related risks.
• Develop, review, and roll out employment policies, templates, and handbooks.
• Lead internal investigations regarding employee complaints and policy violations.
• Leverage data and analytics to track employment trends and manage operational spend.
• Manage outside counsel relationships, including invoice review and rate negotiations.

Required qualifications

• JD (or an equivalent)
• 8+ years of employment law experience
• Significant in-house experience
• Familiarity with non-competes, separations, disability claims, and hiring practices
• Well-grounded knowledge of US employment law
• Comfort working with data
• Practical experience drafting, reviewing, and resolving disputes around sales incentive/commission plans
• Familiarity with structuring executive employment agreements, equity arrangements, retention packages, and severance terms
• Sound and practical business judgment
• Ability to manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• 4+ years of in-house experience at a technology company
• Experience advising on employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, ideally including APJ and Israel
• Experience advising on sales commission plans and other sales compensation matters
• Familiarity with employee benefit plans and related compliance
• Experience with the employment side of M&A, integrations, and restructurings
• Experience with AI tools to streamline research and analyze data trends

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flexible time off
• Paid company holidays and paid sick time
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• Grandparent leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Life and disability insurance
• Health and dependent care FSA
• Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About the company

SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Their AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems.