Temporal is hiring a Principal Global Employment Counsel to help shape and scale our employment legal function as we grow. This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to the General Counsel, partnering closely with the People team and cross-functional leaders to balance compliance and risk with the needs of a rapidly scaling business.
We’re looking for deep U.S. employment law expertise plus experience advising on global employment matters (especially UK/EU, Canada, and APAC, including Singapore and India).
What You’ll Do- Serve as Temporal’s go-to employment lawyer across the full employee lifecycle: hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation, accommodations, investigations, employee relations, mobility/immigration, and separations, with a strong focus on U.S. federal and multi-state requirements.
- Provide risk-calibrated, practical guidance that enables the business while building durable compliance.
- Lead legal strategy for key employment programs; partner with the People team to develop and maintain supporting policies, templates, and playbooks, and to build scalable processes for employee relations, investigations, and exits.
- Support Temporal’s international expansion by advising on employment law matters across jurisdictions, coordinating with local counsel, and working cross-functionally to help stand up and operationalize new entities (e.g., UK, Singapore, India, Canada, Germany, and Australia).
- Manage and optimize EOR relationships globally, including supporting transitions from EOR arrangements to local entities as Temporal’s international footprint matures.
- Provide employment-related guidance on compensation matters, including support for executive compensation workstreams as needed.
- JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- 10+ years of experience (including meaningful in-house experience) advising on U.S. and global employment matters across jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated ability to build scalable policy and process foundations while moving quickly and exercising excellent judgment.
- Track record managing sensitive, complex ER matters with discretion and strong stakeholder management.
- Clear, concise communicator who can translate legal risk into actionable guidance for non-legal partners.
- Working knowledge of global privacy laws as they relate to employee data.
- Genuine curiosity about technology and a willingness to embrace AI and other tools to work more efficiently and improve legal operations.
- The estimated pay range for this role is $225,000 - $340,000
- Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.
- Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
- 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
- AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
- Empower 401K Plan
- Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com. Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.
Travel
Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.
- $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
- $1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
- $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
- $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
- $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
- Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness
Skills Required
- JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- 10+ years of experience advising on U.S. and global employment matters
- Demonstrated ability to build scalable policy and process foundations
- Track record managing sensitive, complex employee relations matters
- Clear, concise communicator with ability to translate legal risk into actionable guidance
- Working knowledge of global privacy laws as they relate to employee data
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as 100% employer-paid for medical, dental, and vision, with AD&D, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance included. Feedback suggests this breadth and cost coverage is a strong differentiator for a remote-first employer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes unlimited PTO alongside 12 standard holidays and 2 floating holidays. Feedback suggests this structure supports rest and recharge across teams.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and remote-work support include a home office stipend, internet reimbursement, WFH meals, Calm app access, a lifestyle spending account, and learning/professional membership budgets. Feedback suggests these perks enhance overall total rewards beyond base pay.
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Temporal develops and distributes the world's leading open source durable execution system. We make code fault tolerant, durable and simple. Innovative companies like Datadog, Glovo, Indeed, Netflix, Qualtrics, Remitly, Snap and Yum! Brands build their services and applications with Temporal to make them reliable to run, productive to enhance and easy to troubleshoot and repair. More than a decade in the making, Temporal is powered by veterans behind some of the industry's most loved systems technologies, programming frameworks and open source communities as well as investors like Amplify Partners, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures.
