[Hiring] Employment Counsel @Apollo.io

Role Description

Apollo is seeking an Employment Counsel to partner closely with our People team and business leaders on employment matters across our global workforce. You will provide practical advice throughout the employee lifecycle, help resolve sensitive workplace issues, and build processes that enable timely, consistent decisions. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with meaningful ownership.

• Provide day-to-day employment counseling.
• Advise on hiring, performance management, disciplinary actions, employee complaints, leaves and accommodations, workplace conduct, and separations.
• Partner on sensitive employee relations matters.
• Guide separations and organizational changes.
• Develop and maintain employment documents.
• Support a global workforce.
• Build repeatable processes.
• Manage disputes and outside counsel.
• Strengthen prevention and training.

Qualifications

• J.D. or equivalent legal qualification and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice in this role.
• Approximately 6+ years of relevant employment-law experience, including substantial experience counseling employers directly.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law, including California and multistate issues.
• Experience advising on sensitive employee relations matters, investigations, performance management, accommodations, and separations.
• Experience supporting international employment matters and coordinating with local counsel.
• Strong drafting, communication, and relationship-building skills, with discretion, empathy, and sound judgment.
• A track record of managing competing priorities and carrying matters through to completion.
• An interest in improving how work gets done through practical tools, training, and repeatable processes.

Requirements

• In-house employment counseling at a technology company or another business with a distributed workforce.
• Experience with employment disputes, workforce changes, contractor classification, or employer-of-record arrangements.
• Experience developing employment playbooks, document workflows, or tools that enable People teams to operate more independently.
• Experience with employment counseling for teams in the UK, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, the Philippines, India or Canada.

Benefits

• Equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses.
• 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave.
• Employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits.
• Global travel coverage.
• Life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance.
• FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Company Description

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally. Founded in 2015, the company is one of the fastest growing companies in SaaS, raising approximately $250 million to date and valued at $1.6 billion.

Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts and 35 million companies worldwide, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform.

Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more.