Legal Counsel Position Available In New York, New York

Legal Counsel
Legal
Full-time
New York, US
We’re looking for a well-rounded, employment-focused attorney to join our growing global legal team here in the US. In this role, you’ll take ownership of key employment matters across the Americas (U.S. and LATAM), while also supporting the company on a range of corporate and commercial matters. You should be proactive, collaborative, and eager to build scalable, compliant employment frameworks, while also remaining flexible to support other business needs.
Please note that this is a hybrid position of 3 days/week in our NYC office
About The Role
Serve as the go-to legal resource for U.S. and LATAM employment matters, including hiring, work authorization and visa processes, employee relations, performance management and various employment benefits and filings
Provide legal guidance on sensitive employee relations issues and internal investigations, partnering closely with HR and business leaders
Assist with employment-related filings, audits, and regulatory compliance
Drive proactive legal strategies in the employment space and collaborate on global employment initiatives and alignment
Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, NDAs, vendor contracts, data processing addendums, business associate addendums, platform integration, and partnership agreements, and ensure that all commercial agreements adequately protect the company’s interests, improve processes, and increase scalability, partnering with various departments
Manage agreements and business activities to comply with company policies and risk tolerance
Provide general legal support to our global business as needed, including corporate legal matters such as lease agreements
Collaborate with international legal counterparts and business teams to ensure consistent legal support across jurisdictions
Your Experience & Skills
3+ years of relevant legal experience, in a law firm or in-house company, ideally with a focus on U.S. employment law and working in the technology sector
Understanding of employment frameworks and regulations, including work authorizations, leaves of absence (e.g., FMLA, ADA)
Experience working closely with HR, Talent Acquisition, and cross-functional teams
Ability to manage sensitive issues with discretion, sound judgment, and practical risk-balancing
Strong experience in drafting, negotiating and managing professional services agreements, software as a service agreements, business agreements, intellectual property agreements and lease agreements
Ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure
Team player with exceptional written and oral communication and interpersonal skills Excellent negotiating skills, keen analytical abilities, a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, as well as a track record of success in handling complex business and legal issues in a fast-paced, agile and evolving technology-driven business environment
Collaborative, positive, business-focused and service-minded
Self-reliant and able to prioritize workload
JD (or foreign equivalent), licensed to practice in New York or eligible for in-house counsel registration
What monday.

com can offer you:

Opportunity to join a well-funded, proven company with big ambitions, competitive salary and benefit package, bonus potential, and eligibility to take part in the company equity incentive program
Amazing company culture that values transparency and collaboration while never forgetting to have fun while we work!
Monthly stipends for food, wellness, and commuter work
Fully dedicated learning and development team that provides opportunities for our employees to hone and gain new skills Award winning work environment – named a “Best Place to Work” by BuiltIn as well as “Great Place To Work” certified We foster diversity, inclusion, and belonging through our Employee Resource Groups in addition to providing access to resources and education to support our team, facilitate conversations, and encourage understanding
A global work environment with employees in Tel Aviv, New York, San Francisco, Denver, London, Kiev, Sydney, São Paulo, and Tokyo
Visa sponsorship for this role is currently not available.
monday.com is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire talented individuals, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, cultural background, religious beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
For New York City-based hires only:

Compensation Range:

$180,000-$230,000 base salary, subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes. In addition to base salary, the role includes opportunity to receive and/or earn a discretionary bonus and/or equity based on Company’s plans and in accordance with Company’s policies. Compensation finally awarded to the candidate will be commensurate with the candidate’s skills and experience. Compensation ranges for candidates in locations outside of New York City may differ based on the cost of labor and such additional factors for such other locations.
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We believe in equal opportunity.
monday.com is an equal opportunity employer and bans discrimination and harassment of any kind. monday.com is committed to the standard of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to creating and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination and harassment.
All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of any personal characteristic. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, regardless of their race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, family or parental status, physical or mental disability or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where monday.com operates.
monday.com is committed to working with and providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants with any disabilities. If you think you may require accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to accommodations@monday.com.
All requests for accommodation are treated confidentially , as practical and permitted by law.
Meet the Legal team
The legal team at monday.com takes an essential part in achieving the company’s business and strategic goals. The law does not always solve tomorrow’s problems and the monday.com’s legal team crafts innovative approaches for handling some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. We collaborate with all teams, analyze risks, and provide practical advice and guidance to enable and empower all teams, from product, design and R D through HR, marketing, sales and more, in adopting a compliant culture. monday.com does not view it as Compliance vs. Business, but rather a key component in enabling deals, building a trustworthy brand and having a good and healthy business.
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