Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.
Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.
At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.
All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!
What this job can offer you
This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as a Senior Legal Counsel - Employment, joining our Legal Team. We are looking for a talented and eager employment lawyer, who is interested in helping with our team’s mission, namely: to deliver pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote’s products and stakeholders, while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk.
As Remote is increasing its global footprint, every expansion into a new country brings myriad legal issues. The Legal Team is responsible for the legal soundness of our business models, contractual agreements with clients and their staff (i.e. the employees we hire under our “Employer of Record” service – our “external employees”), legally compliant employee management and data protection compliance amongst other areas.
The team is built of talented highly motivated lawyers from a whole host of different countries, with some awesome experiences and we are looking for a great match for them. This role is a individual contributor position within the Employment, Product & Commercial Legal team, a sub-team of our Legal Team.
We want to empower team members to Own (one of our five core values) their projects and tasks. They nevertheless have support, leadership and guidance from our Chief Legal Officer who has run Legal teams in two fast-paced scale ups.
Our Employment Specialists team is primarily responsible for:
- Supporting our Employee Lifecycle and People teams in managing internal and external employees;
- Ensuring Remote products’ and platform’s compliance with employment laws across jurisdictions; and
- Assisting other teams such as our International Operations team with expanding into new territories and and Product team in streamlining our product.
If you’re excited by the idea of combining local legal depth with global reach, this one’s for you.
Expertise
This role is for an employment lawyer qualified and licensed to practice in Spain. You’ll bring deep, practical expertise in Spanish labor law, including onboarding, contracts, benefits, employee relations, and terminations.
You’ll be Remote’s go-to expert for all things Spain, advising on compliance, resolving employee lifecycle issues, and helping build thoughtful, scalable processes that support our clients and their team members in-country. You'll also be expected to collaborate across borders, advising on international employment challenges as part of our growing global legal team.
Key responsibilities
- Advise on a wide range of employment law issues across multiple jurisdictions, including advising on complex internal and external employee matters
- Develop excellent template contracts and knowledge resources
- Ensure Remote operates a compliant workforce across all territories
- Help with strategic thinking around our business model and future opportunities
- Solve legal issues rather than escalating problems
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure timely and effective completion of projects, managing risks and aligning with business objectives
- Contribute to the Legal Team's knowledge base and expertise while working to build your own unique knowledge base within the Team
- Master employment law and contracts for particular region or regions (AMEA, AMS, APAC, etc.) and different employment law subject matters (terminations, employee management, onboardings, compliance, litigation etc.)
- Identify company-wide employment law legal issues and work with key internal stakeholders and external partners to implement efficient and effective solutions
What you bring
- Experience in advisory and contentious employment law including the entire employee lifecycle (recruitment, HR policies, benefits, and terminations are the key areas)
- Interested in working for a tech-scaleup and specifically HR-tech
- Keen to understand a whole range of international employment law challenges rather than just focusing on the territory in which you’ve trained.
- Ability to learn and master Remote's communication application (Slack), documentation sources (Notion, Google Drive, etc.), and task management system (KissFlow)
- Writes and speaks fluent English and Spanish
Bonus points
- Previous in-house experience
- Understanding of employment agreements in multiple countries
- Experience in contentious employment work
- Fluent in multiple languages
- Experience working remotely
Practicals
- You'll report to: Managing Counsel - Employment
- Team: Legal
- Location: Remote
- Start date: As soon as possible
Remote Compensation Philosophy
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $54,400 USD - $91,000 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.
Application process
- Interview with recruiter
- Interview with future manager
- Interview with team members (no managers present)
- Bar Raiser Interview
- Prior employment verification check
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Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life)
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
If that sounds like something you want, apply now!
How to apply
- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
- If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.
At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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What We Do
Remote opens the vast potential of the world for every person, business, and country, building a world where every person and business truly belongs.
We empower companies of all sizes to pay and manage full-time and contract workers around the world. Remote makes it easy to manage international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance in 50+ countries.
No matter where your team lives and works, our best-in-class global employment solutions provide the best experience for your workers.
Our ironclad intellectual property protections and industry-leading security guarantee give you peace of mind across the globe.
Best of all, Remote never charges percentages or fees: one low flat rate helps you control your budget so you can focus on growing your business.
