Senior Employment Counsel

Grammarly offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust, innovation, and a strong team culture.

About Grammarly

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 40 million people and 50,000 organizations. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 14 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces. 

The Opportunity

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Senior European Employment Counsel to join our growing Legal team. Together with other members of the Legal team, the person in this role will help us navigate important employment matters in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, advise on cutting-edge employment issues, and collaborate closely with our customers and partners.

As Grammarly’s first Senior European Employment Counsel, you will help collaborate with our business teams on some of Grammarly’s most complex and impactful legal questions. This role reports to the Head of Litigation and Employment.  

In this role, you will:

• Advise internal business clients regarding employment law issues in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine.  
• Manage cross-functional legal projects, and serve as the driving force for our European employment legal function.
• Identify relevant changes to employment laws in the European countries where Grammarly operates and advise the business concerning compliance.  
• Review and draft employment documentation, including employment agreements, relocation agreements, and employment and benefits policies.  
• Advise internal business clients regarding performance management, internal investigations, and disability accommodations.  

Qualifications

• A German law degree and post-qualification experience in a reputable law firm or in-house legal department. 
• 4+ years of experience delivering employment advice to German clients. Experience delivering advice to clients in Poland or Ukraine is a plus.  
• Professional experience in a comparable position is a strong plus.  
• Fluency in German and English.  
• Brings a problem-solving and detail-oriented approach to their work, a track record of excellent organizational skills, and unfailing follow-up to effectively manage multiple activities of varying difficulty, priority, and complexity. 
• Demonstrates the ability to independently move projects forward by gaining support from others while working in a cross-functional role.
• Brings an entrepreneurial drive and comfort working in ambiguous, quickly changing environments.
• Has a strong sense of accountability and integrity, taking ownership of projects and responsibilities and resolving issues proactively.
• Is a great communicator and has a service mindset that empowers others to hit their goals.
• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.

Support for you, professionally and personally

• Professional growth: We believe that autonomy and trust are key to empowering our team members to do their best, most innovative work in a way that aligns with their interests, talents, and well-being.
• A connected team: Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. Our remote-first hybrid model enables a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER (ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable) values. We work to foster belonging among team members in a variety of ways. This includes our team member resource groups, Grammarly Circles, which promote connection among those with shared identities including BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ team members, women, and parents. We also celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific programs.
• Comprehensive benefits: Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing health care and ample and defined time off. We also offer support to set up a home office, wellness, and pet care stipends, learning and development opportunities, and more.

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations—to apply. Grammarly is an equal opportunity company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, sexual identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, criminal prosecution, judgment in a criminal case, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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