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Lead Counsel, Employment

Ramp· Legal
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$228k - $313kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Employment Counsel role focusing on U.S. employment counseling with exposure to non-U.S. jurisdictions, immigration and global mobility, and collaboration with cross-functional teams within a fast-growing technology company.

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. Support relocations, cross-border remote work requests, and business travel, and work with Finance and Tax on permanent establishment and mobility tax exposure
  • Investigations: Collaborate with the People team on internal investigations and advise on findings and outcomes
  • Disputes: Handle demand letters, agency charges, arbitrations, and litigation with outside counsel
  • 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

Qualifications

  • 8+ years practicing employment law, with a combination of top law firm and in-house experience at a high-growth technology company
  • JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (New York or California preferred)
  • Deep U.S. employment counseling experience across the full employee lifecycle, including wage and hour, leaves and accommodations, investigations, performance management, and separations
  • Working knowledge of employment law outside the U.S. and the judgment to triage a cross-border question quickly
  • Hands-on experience with U.S. business immigration and global mobility, including running a sponsorship program and managing immigration counsel at volume
  • Demonstrated ability to independently run multiple time-sensitive matters
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication. You can turn an employment law question into guidance a manager can act on in one reading
  • High judgment on sensitive and confidential matters, and the steadiness to advise on them under time pressure
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and processes are still being built, and a bias toward action

Skills

Required:Employment lawU.S. employment counselingImmigration and global mobility

Benefits

  • Flexible PTO
  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering
  • Health and wellness stipend
  • Budget for intra-office travel
  • Weekly coffee stipend
  • United States: 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
  • One Medical annual membership
  • 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
  • Pet insurance
  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
  • Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed)
  • Canada: Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life, Life/AD&D/disability, Fertility drug coverage, Group Retirement Plan with employer match, Parental leave, EAP and virtual care
  • United Kingdom: Private medical insurance, Virtual GP and at-home care, Workplace pension with salary sacrifice, Parental leave
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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