# People Legal Counsel

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $335k – $385k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Employment Law, Jd, M&A, Compensation, Benefits, Performance Management, Leaves Of Absence, Policy Development, Litigation Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-23

> Senior employment counsel partnering with People, Legal, and Finance teams on global M&A, employment programs, and legal risk management. Requires JD, 10+ years employment law experience, and strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Legal, People, and Finance teams on global M&A deals
- Advise the People team and managers on a wide range of legal matters including compensation, benefits, performance management, leaves of absence, and co-employment issues
- Implement and manage compliant employment programs to create a culture of high performance, and alignment to Anthropic's culture, values, and People philosophy
- Craft clear and comprehensive written guidance, policies, playbooks, and communications that effectively translate complex international employment law concepts into actionable frameworks for technical and business stakeholders
- Proactively identify and mitigate employment legal risks
- Coach and mentor key partners, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders, building employment law fluency across the organization
- Support on demands, charges, and litigation; liaise and manage relationships with outside counsel
- Stay current on relevant employment laws, regulations, and industry trends, and proactively disseminate implications to key stakeholders

## Minimum Qualifications
- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California, New York, or Washington preferred)
- Demonstrated team-level ownership — independently owned a practice area or major workstream and built systems and frameworks others rely on
- Humble, thoughtful, exercise sound judgment, and operate at the highest level of integrity
- Strategic, flexible, resourceful, and solution-oriented — anticipate problems and build for scale
- Strong organizational and project management skills, and can drive complex multi-stakeholder workstreams with minimal oversight
- Exceptional analytical, writing, and communication skills — define strategy and translate complex legal issues into actionable guidance for non-lawyers and executives alike
- Generous collaborator who amplifies others' effectiveness
- Curious, open, and willing to change your mind
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-volume, ambiguous environment

## Preferred Qualifications
- At least 10 years of practicing employment law, with a combination of experience at a global-focused law firm and in-house
- Experience advising on employment legal matters across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience in a high-growth tech company or similarly fast-paced in-house environment
- Track record of building employment legal programs or playbooks that scaled with company growth

## Compensation & Benefits
- Annual Salary: $335,000—$385,000 USD
- Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours

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