Assistant General Counsel, Employment (Senior Director)

Quick Facts

• Role: Assistant General Counsel, Employment (Senior Director)
• Focus: Employment law compliance and employment dispute strategy across a global, multi-brand portfolio
• Work setup: Hybrid (4 days/week in office, 1 day remote)

Description

Lead employment-law advisory for workforce matters across a global portfolio, helping build and modernize how employment risk is managed. Ensure compliance with evolving federal, state, and local employment laws and translate changes into policies, manuals, agreements, and SOPs. Partner with senior leadership and People & Culture on high-stakes employment disputes and proactive risk management across the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Track and ensure compliance with evolving federal, state, and local employment law; update policies, manuals, agreements, and SOPs
• Identify legal risk across the employee lifecycle (hiring, performance, discipline, terminations) and report employment risk metrics
• Spot systemic risk trends and recommend proactive legal/policy changes for wage & hour, benefits, and leave-of-absence issues
• Advise on harassment, hostile work environment, discrimination, retaliation, disability accommodations, and leaves of absence
• Draft agency position statements (e.g., EEOC) and respond to pre-mediation/pre-arbitration/pre-litigation demand letters
• Manage employment-related claims under the company ADR program and help evolve the program
• Lead an annual audit to keep employment materials current (job descriptions, offer letters, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, executive arrangements, separation agreements)
• Partner with People & Culture to build and deliver manager training (terminations, performance management, harassment prevention)
• Leverage AI-assisted analysis, legal research, and drafting tools to improve legal operations

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school
• Admitted to the New York bar or at least one U.S. state bar
• 10+ years of employment law experience; ideally 3–5 years at an employment law firm and 2–3 years in-house at a large, multi-state employer
• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law (wage & hour, discrimination, leave, accommodations, workforce restructuring)
• Proven track record managing employment claims and EEOC/agency matters
• Strong business judgment balancing legal risk with operational reality
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex concepts to non-lawyers
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience advising senior executives and People & Culture leadership
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; able to manage a busy docket with competing priorities
• Comfort using AI-assisted legal research and drafting tools (e.g., Claude or similar)
• Legal right to work in the United States

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits, plus industry-leading commission opportunities for club employees
• Complimentary club membership
• Perks and incentives including Personal Training, Pilates, Spa and Shop