Ramp
Lead Counsel, Employment
San Francisco, CA · Senior · Contract
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M&APerformance ManagementEmployment Law
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About the role
- We're looking for an Employment Counsel to join Ramp's Legal team.
- This is a generalist employment role with broad scope.
- We are a small, high-leverage team supporting a company that moves quickly, so you will cover a lot of ground and be trusted to run matters independently.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day employment counseling: Advise People partners and managers on hiring, worker classification, compensation, leaves and accommodations, performance management, discipline, separations, and more
- Immigration and global mobility: Collaborate with the People team on the immigration program, including work authorization outside the U.S. Set and communicate the sponsorship policy, manage outside immigration counsel and case volume, and partner with Talent on offer-stage decisions.
- Investigations: Collaborate with the People team on internal investigations and advise on findings and outcomes
- Agreements and templates: Own offer letters, employment agreements, separation and release agreements, contractor and consultant agreements, restrictive covenants, and the local-law variants of each
- Transactions: Support employment and immigration diligence, employee transitions, and post-close integration for M&A and new-market entry
- Build for scale: Produce manager training, policies, self-serve guidance, and repeatable processes as we expand in the US and globally
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with U.S. business immigration and global mobility, including running a sponsorship program and managing immigration counsel at volume
- You can turn an employment law question into guidance a manager can act on in one reading
Nice to have
- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (New York or California preferred)
Compensation
- Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
Benefits
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering
- Health and wellness stipend
- Weekly coffee stipend
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
- One Medical annual membership
- Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed)
- Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
- Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
- Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
Company info
- ABOUT THE ROLE We're looking for an Employment Counsel to join Ramp's Legal team.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Immigration and global mobility: Collaborate with the People team on the immigration program, including work authorization outside the U.S. Set and communicate the sponsorship policy, manage outside immigration counsel and case volume, an
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