# Lead Counsel, HR Products

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Employment Law, AI Tools, Wage And Hour Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Legal Drafting, Project Management, Product Counseling, Eor, Peo, Payroll Compliance
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> Provides legal guidance on HR products including EOR, PEO, Time, and Payroll, focusing on employment law, product counseling, and compliance across jurisdictions. Partners with Product, Sales, and Compliance teams; requires 5+ years experience and JD.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and deploy AI-powered tools to automate legal workflows, scale the team's output, and enable self-service resources for Legal's cross-functional partners.
- Provide employment counsel to our EOR HR and PEO Advisor teams.
- Provide product counseling to our Time and Payroll teams, with a focus on wage and hour compliance.
- Analyze and provide product counseling on employment rules and regulations and how to compliantly hire and offboard employees through an EOR in different jurisdictions.
- Prepare employment agreement templates, termination notice and agreement templates, and policy documents for our EOR.
- Partner with our Product, Operations, Business Development, Sales, and Client Services teams to build and manage Rippling’s product counseling function.
- Navigate complex regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and abroad to create scalable and innovative solutions for our products and services.
- Drive the compliance culture at Rippling and embed integrity and compliance in all of our operations as our company grows.
- Advise and assist with Rippling’s general legal needs as they arise.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in-house or at a law firm.
- Substantive knowledge of and experience with employment law.
- Law degree (e.g. JD or equivalent).
- Entrepreneurial mindset, solution-oriented ethos, and ready to roll up your sleeves.
- Passion for efficient processes.
- Comfort experimenting with and building on top of AI tools.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Excellent drafting and written and verbal communication skills with the ability to break down complex legal jargon into easy-to-understand and practical advice.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Sense of humor.

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