Senior Counsel, Employment & Compliance

HackerOne seeks a trusted business partner and pragmatic builder with an ownership mentality to lead the Legal team’s employment, litigation, and compliance function. The Senior Counsel will co-own outcomes with business stakeholders across the company and balance legal and reputational risk with high-acceleration growth. This position reports directly to the Chief Legal Officer.

As Senior Counsel, you will be a hands-on and solutions-oriented member of the Legal team and will support the company in its mission to build a safer internet. You will be asked to own and operationalize corporate compliance programs, including governance, ethics and compliance, and workforce policies and processes, and serve as a data-driven, strategic partner in aligning legal guidance to business objectives.

At HackerOne, we embrace a Flexible Work approach that gives us the freedom to do our best work while also fostering the connections and community that make us stronger. Reflecting this philosophy, this is a remote role targeted for candidates within ~50 miles of Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA, Washington, DC or London, UK. We believe this balance of proximity and flexibility gives Hackeronies the chance to occasionally come together – fostering collaboration, connection, and in-person moments that enrich our culture – while still preserving the benefits of remote work.

* Serve as a trusted senior advisor to executives, People team members, and cross-functional stakeholders on complex U.S. and global labor and employment matters, including hiring and recruiting, compensation, benefits, leave, accommodations, and related topics.

* Advise on and assist the People team with sensitive U.S. and global employee relations issues, including compliance, security, and EEO investigations, performance management, terminations/redundancies, and other related matters.

* Coordinate with Commercial, Product, and Revenue team members to advise on platform and marketplace legal risk, while balancing business objectives.

* Manage dispute resolution, legal process, and litigation, including legal holds, investigations, e-discovery, and subpoenas and law enforcement or regulatory investigations.

* Provide counsel on regulatory and compliance issues related to HackerOne’s platform, customers, and workforce, including conflicts of interest, third-party due diligence, Terms of Service, audits, and other areas, as needed.