About the Role
Senior Director Employment Legal – leads the employment legal function across EMEA and APAC, providing strategic guidance to support a growing, multinational workforce.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop the employment legal team, ensuring consistent, high‑quality advice across regions and jurisdictions.
- Align the global employment law strategy with EMEA and APAC requirements, business objectives, and company values.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on complex, high-impact employment matters.
- Provide strategic legal guidance across EMEA and APAC on hiring, workforce management, and reorganisations.
- Partner with colleagues in NAMER and LATAM to ensure global consistency of policies and stakeholder management.
- Manage external legal counsel and develop a strategic framework for their engagement.
- Design and implement employment policies, processes, and frameworks with appropriate local customisation.
- Monitor employment law developments to ensure timely updates to internal policies and practices.
- Oversee workplace investigations, employee complaints, disputes, and employment-related litigation.
- Support complex cross-border matters, including post‑merger integrations and workforce transitions.
- Provide guidance on employee mobility, contractor classification, and immigration‑related issues.
- Deliver training programs for managers and HR partners on employment law topics and emerging risks.
About You – Essentials
- Qualified lawyer in England & Wales (8+ PQE preferred).
- Demonstrable experience working across multiple jurisdictions in APAC and EMEA.
- A self‑starter capable of shaping the direction of regional and global legal functions.
- A strategic thinker able to give pragmatic and commercial advice in a fast‑moving environment.
- Working knowledge of employment laws across multiple jurisdictions in a global, matrixed organisation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
Not a must, but a plus
- Qualifications in other jurisdictions.
- Experience managing employment matters in other regions (NAMER/LATAM).
- Prior experience shaping regional or global employment legal functions.
- Media/advertising industry experience.
At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
Monks does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
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