Who You Are

You enjoy connecting and engaging with people as well as solving problems beyond just advising on compliance. Your presence fosters reassurance from others and people know they can depend on you. You are a collaborative, team player with superior communication and execution skills.

As part of the Legal team, Senior Legal Program Manager, International will provide vendor management and cross-functional coordination to Justworks in support of various functions in the organization. You will report to Lead Counsel, International and work with people at different levels of the organization, formalizing processes and improving the International legal program.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

• Negotiate and structure service level agreements with local counsel and other legal vendors per jurisdiction as well as manage and monitor the relationships with each legal vendor per jurisdiction to ensure compliance with local regulations and service level agreements.
• Receive, clarify, and process International legal requests from various teams, such as  Sales, Operations, Customer Success, and Finance, for direct resolution or escalation internally to the Justworks International Legal team or externally to local counsel, as appropriate; as well as manage and maintain the systems and tools for such request.
• Manage and mitigate legal claims with the support of the Justworks International Legal team and external counsel, when needed.
• Create and maintain an inventory of local compliance requirements for each jurisdiction, identify compliance enhancements in existing standard operating procedures, design mitigation measures cross-functionally, and assist in remediation plans. 
• Maintain the International Legal Roadmap, the global legal initiatives designed to meet the  strategic goals of Justworks International.
• Use information obtained from local jurisdictional experience and external counsel to prepare, manage, and enhance Justworks International knowledge bases and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and conduct employment and HR compliance training programs tailored for employees.
• Work with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders relating to various legal and compliance matters.
• Help drive compliance program awareness and handle other related responsibilities. 
• Support in other duties as needed based on department and/or organizational needs. Some travel is required.

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Senior Legal Program Manager, International, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

• Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
• Ethical practice - the ability to integrate core values, integrity, and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices.
• Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
• Risk assessment - applying a logical step-by-step process to protect, and consequently minimize risks to, the organization, interests, and employees.
• Manages complexity - making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

• Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You're an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
• Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You're curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
• Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You're committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
• Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You're honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example. 
• Simplicity - Be like Einstein: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." 

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of program management, project management, and other relevant experience, experience in EOR 
• Minimum of 2 years of human resources, legal, risk management, or compliance experience.
• Direct experience working with or in multiple countries preferred 
• Ability to be a business partner across internal clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Multilingual communication skills are a plus.
• Demonstrated time management, organizational, and analytical skills with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines.

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $109,000.00 - $119,900.00 per year.

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