Minimum qualifications:
- 15 years of experience as a EMEA employment lawyer or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience advising multinational corporations on the type of employment law issues that are the primary responsibility of EMEA Employment Legal either in-house (including secondments) or at a law firm.
- People management experience or experience leading successful teams in other ways (i.e. cross-functional project teams).
Preferred qualifications:
- Knowledge of employment law and experience managing employment law issues in multiple jurisdictions in EMEA.
- Experience working in a regional employment legal role and on HR projects across multiple jurisdictions, and ability to identify issues, manage matters independently and with minimal supervision.
- Proven ability to leverage technology for increased efficiency, cost management, and workflow innovation.
- Excellent communication skills, and ability to communicate difficult legal concepts concisely.
- Strong organizational, project management, and execution skills with a collaborative and flexible approach when partnering with others.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities, sometimes in the face of unknowns.
About the job
Your primary responsibility will be to manage the daily operations of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Employment Legal team and provide strategy, direction, and vision for its growth, improvement and continued success. The team, which is based in various EMEA countries, provides employment legal advice on a wide range of topics across the region, including general advice and counsel, litigation, HR compliance projects, trade unions, Works Council and European Works Council issues, regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, and employment legal issues connected to Google’s commercial agreements and extended workforce.
Your aim will be to lead, inspire and develop the team. You will create an environment in which all team members feel supported and able to provide advice that enables Google to operate and achieve consistency and compliance with local employment law, regulations and practice, whilst at the same time recognizing the flexible and innovative place it strives to be. You will work closely with HR, business and legal colleagues in Google offices around the world.
20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also
Google's EEO Policy and
EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our
Accommodations for Applicants form.
