# Compliance, Employment & Litigation Counsel

**Company:** [Fivetran](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fivetran)
**Location:** Denver, CO, Oakland, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $187k – $224k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Compliance, employment law, litigation, export control, sanctions, anti-corruption, internal investigations, e-discovery, contracts, intellectual property, privacy law
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Provide compliance, employment counseling, and litigation support for a high-growth data infrastructure company across the US, Canada, and Latin America. Requires JD, 5+ years experience in compliance/employment/litigation, and ability to deliver practical business-oriented advice.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

### Compliance
- Develop policies and procedures related to ethics, export control, sanctions, anti-corruption, and conflicts of interest.
- Conduct internal investigations of compliance issues, business partner and government inquiries; handle responses, resolution, and oversee compliance hotline.
- Oversee compliance training and related programs.
- Stay informed of peer company best practices and relevant global legal developments.
- Provide creative, customer-focused, practical and proactive legal guidance to support company goals in a compliant manner.

### Employment Counseling
- Advise the People Team and business partners on employment law matters across the employee lifecycle, including hiring, performance management, accommodations, leaves, investigations, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
- Support organizational changes, workforce planning, restructurings, and reductions in force.
- Draft, review, and update employment-related agreements, policies, procedures, and training materials.
- Monitor legal developments and advise on emerging employment law requirements and risks, including AI-related developments.
- Support employment-related matters across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

### Litigation & Dispute Management
- Manage employment-related claims, administrative charges, demand letters, arbitrations, and litigation.
- Support and manage disputes involving commercial contracts, vendors, intellectual property, privacy, bankruptcy, and other issues.
- Conduct factual investigations, collect information, preserve evidence, and prepare witnesses.
- Manage outside counsel and legal budgets.
- Develop and manage discovery and e-discovery processes.
- Assess legal and business risk and provide recommendations on dispute resolution.
- Develop processes to reduce litigation risk and improve dispute management.

### Cross-Functional Partnership
- Collaborate with all business teams to deliver practical, solution-oriented legal advice balancing risk and business objectives.
- Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives.
- Help build scalable legal processes for a high-growth technology business.

## Qualifications

### Required Qualifications
- J.D. from an accredited law school and licensed to practice law.
- 5+ years of legal experience, including significant compliance, employment and/or litigation experience.
- Strong judgment and ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
- Problem-solving mentality with willingness to make decisions.
- Orientation towards process and operations; ability to improve systems, standards, templates, policies to reduce risk.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability and willingness to work across time zones; some travel may be required.

### Preferred Qualifications
- Prior in-house experience.
- Experience supporting a high-growth technology or SaaS company.
- Experience advising on employment matters in Canada and/or Latin America.
- Experience handling commercial disputes, contract disputes, vendor disputes, intellectual property matters, privacy-related disputes, or bankruptcy matters.
- Understanding and experience handling complex e-discovery issues.
- Experience working in a globally distributed organization.

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