Counsel, Employment Legal - EMEA

Netflix

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Netflix seeks a Counsel, Employment Legal - EMEA to join our growing team in EMEA. We are looking for someone who has great passion for the Netflix brand and our content, and who wants to be a part of our global team of employment lawyers who use their legal knowledge and experience in the most practical and risk tolerant way possible to support our ever-growing business.

This position is based in our EMEA head office in Amsterdam (or could be based in Berlin). With our rapid expansion across EMEA, this person would primarily support our offices in Germany, Poland and the Nordics. The role reports to the Director, Employment Legal - EMEA, based in Amsterdam. Next to him, you’d be working closely with our other Employment legal counsels based in EMEA as well as with the global employment legal team. Still, the aim is to have this largely be an independent role and to have you run with it!

Some other examples of what you’d be doing:

Main focus: Advise on all corporate employment matters in close collaboration with members of HR (Talent), HRBP’s, Talent Operations,, Employment Tax, Mobility & Immigration;
Subsidiary focus: Support EMEA content productions with employment-related matters in EMEA;
Provide subject matter expertise and, when appropriate, train on a broad range of employment issues, including recruiting, contingent workers, employment practices, anti-harassment and termination practices and approaches, as well as supporting our other employment legal team members in EMEA on these issues as needed for other EMEA countries;
Proactively identify, assess, and balance employment law risk, and be able to offer practical, business-oriented and creative solutions in partnership with the business teams;
Stay current with, and advise Netflix on, meaningful employment-related legal developments;
When necessary, help investigate incidents and/or complaints and manage employment-related litigation in EMEA;
Actively collaborate with the global Employment Legal team on projects and issues;
Select, manage and use outside counsel effectively; and
Support Netflix’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive harassment-free workplace.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have at least 7+ years of deep experience with German employment law in an employment department of a respected firm and/or in-house in a multinational company;
Experience with Polish and/or Swedish employment law would be desirable;
Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross-functionally, think practically and be solution-oriented;
This role is for someone who thrives in an environment where freedom and responsibility are core values, and passion, innovation, courage and curiosity are at the heart of everything we do.

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