Managing Counsel, Product

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as a Managing Counsel, Product (Please note, this is not a People Manager role) . We are looking for a talented and eager lawyer, who is interested in helping with our team’s mission, namely : to deliver pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote’s products and stakeholders, while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk.

Remote’s well established Legal team is a bunch of friendly, talented highly motivated lawyers from a whole host of different countries.

As Remote grows and adds new products, the volume and complexity of issues scale across 90+ jurisdictions. You will be a legal partner to Product, Engineering, Privacy, and Security, with emphasis on HRIS and AI / ML features, translating complex rules into clear, shippable requirements and striking the right balance between compliance and commerciality.

Key Responsibilities

More specifically, this role is expected to :

• Lead AI and HRIS product compliance, partnering with Product, Engineering, Security and the Privacy team;
• Embed a risk-based legal review into product development workflows;
• Own product T&Cs for HRIS and AI features (output ownership, training use, acceptable use, transparency / disclaimers);
• Stand up core Product AI governance (model inventory, risk classification, human oversight, bias / testing, incident response alignment).

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What you bring

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Application process

Benefits & Compensation

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. Our annual salary range for this full‑time position is $67,950 - $152,900 USD . We provide local in‑person social event or co‑working space budget in applicable locations. Additional benefits are described in our handbook at remote.com / r / benefits.

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com / async. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life‑work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

How to apply

Equal Employment Opportunity

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under‑represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. Being an equal employment opportunity employer, we will ensure our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Work Eligibility & Privacy Notice

Work eligibility is extremely important. Are you legally eligible to work in the country where you’re planning to work from? We collect your personal data in accordance with GDPR and other applicable privacy laws. For more information, see our privacy notice and the information we share about recruiting and data usage.

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