Director and Senior Managing Counsel

**✨ One platform, a whole world of opportunity**:
Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world's wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are _everywhere_. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere.

When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We're proof that companies don't need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company's inception in January 2020, Oyster has:
Created a fully-distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries

‍Featured in Forbes having ranked #9 in Flexjobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs

Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that's 60% female

Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class

Raised $286 million to date, with a current valuation of $1.2 billion

B Corp status achieved in 2023

Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we're just getting started If you want to change the world with Oyster _and_ be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we'd love for you to apply

**‍ The Role**:
**Location**:While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster's positions are fully remote, and you can work from home. Forever.**To create the best experience for our new hire (you?), this role does require that you are an EU citizen and based within +1 / +3 UTC.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Day-to-Day Management of Oyster's corporate governance program, including management of the entity management team and serving as a Director for Oyster subsidiaries.
- Day-to-day management of Oyster's compliance program, including management of the risk and compliance teams.
- Provide responsive and pragmatic legal advice to carry out the company's business and protect the company's interests and rights.
- Development and implementation of company policies in collaboration with other Oyster teams.
- Responsible for Oyster's SOC I/II and BCorp compliance efforts, which include ongoing monitoring of control environments, evolving reporting, and oversight to match organizational expansion.
- Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
- Identify risks and causes of main legal contingencies or exposures and work cross-functionally to mitigate same.
- Evaluate changes in legislation and jurisprudence that might impact business and work cross-functionally to ensure compliance with the same.
- Analytics experience and ability to incorporate compliance monitoring in existing business processes.
- Respond to requests for information related to Oyster's regulatory and compliance obligations.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Core Requirements**:

- EU Citizenship is mandatory.
- Juris Doctorate or LLM, or like qualification.
- 7+ years of legal experience, with 5+ years in an in-house counsel role, preferably at a publicly traded company
- 2+ years of people management experience.
- Prior experience in a multinational company or dealing with cross-border legal issues.
- Prior experience managing corporate subsidiaries and/or acting as corporate secretary or subsidiary director.
- Experience building relationships across the organization and managing the full cycle of compliance projects, including obtaining key stakeholder buy-in.
- A strong communicator who works for not only their own success but the success of the team.
- Demonstrates the ability to learn new things, work on a variety of issues, and work under pressure in order to add value to the company.
- Highly organized, proactive, and uses independent judgment.
- Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility and a sense of humor. Work hard and help others. Celebrate wins.
- Experience with remote work.
- [BONUS] Prior experience working with EOR, fintech, or SaaS companies.
- [BONUS] Familiarity with Notion and Asana, Project Management Principles, Audit or compliance certifications.

**You'll also need**
- A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one).
- Fluent English language skills.

**How we work together at Oyster**:
Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we make, and the culture that makes us special. We elevate talent. We build trust. We thrive together.

Our mission is to create a more equal world—one global hire at a time. Everything we do ladders up to our mission—and that doesn't just mean building software. We develop programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work.

We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work—and we share how we work in the Oyster Public HQ —to help other global teams learn from our experiences.

**How YOU work**:
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