Employment Counsel

Job title: Employment Counsel

About the Role

Provide in-office, hands-on employment legal support for The Trade Desk's People team and North America stakeholders. Help bring structure and consistency to employment-related workflows and enable the team's strategic priorities with practical, scalable solutions.

What You'll Do

• Provide employment law advice and counseling on a broad range of issues including recruiting, employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, wage and hour, terminations, investigations, compensation, workplace harassment, benefits, privacy, immigration and employee classification.

• Draft, revise, and advise on employment related documents including offer letters, separation agreements, and commission and bonus plans, as well as summaries, communications, templates and other supporting materials for review.

• Manage employment related projects including process reviews and the creation, implementation and continual improvement of policies and procedures, building foundational processes amidst evolving systems and workflows.

• Create, update and provide training programs on various employment law topics, optimized ways of working and cross functional up skilling.

• Provide foundational support regarding employment related litigation, claims, charges, investigations, audits and subpoenas.

• Support the use of data and matter tracking to identify trends, generate insights and inform data driven decision making with respect to employment matters.

• Monitor employment law related legislation, regulations, legal developments and government oversight activities that may affect the Company in North America.

• Independently drive day to day execution of employment matters, including following up on open items, coordinating next steps and ensuring timely progress in a fast paced environment.

• What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of employment law experience working for an internationally / nationally recognized firm, or in combination with inhouse experience.

• Law degree from an accredited law school.

• Admitted to practice in New York or the ability to register as In-House Counsel in New York.

• International employment law experience a plus.

• Able to work effectively and collaboratively, with a high level of personal interaction in the office, across functions with a practical, solution oriented mindset.

• Proactive, independent and reliable under tight timeframes in a fast paced environment.

• Exhibit excellent judgment, superior leadership and strong problem solving skills, and can proactively spot risk and deliver practical solutions.

• Highly collaborative with the ability to build relationships across various teams and functions.

• Effective communicator who can explain complex legal concepts to non lawyers and provide practical legal advice.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and delving into detail, including hands on drafting, organization and follow-through and able to push work forward amidst uncertainty.

• Nice to Have

• International employment law experience a plus.

• Compensation & Benefits

• Base compensation range provided as a reasonable estimate; actual amount may differ based on experience, knowledge, skills and location.

• Equity in stock based compensation grants eligibility and performance based incentives; potential for commissions where applicable.

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision) for employees and dependents; premiums paid by the company.

• 401(k) plan with company match.

• Short and long term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Well being benefits, tuition reimbursement, parental leave.

• Sick time and vacation: up to 120 hours of vacation in the first year and 160 hours thereafter.