Vice President of Global Employment Law

Join Lime, a leading micro-mobility company, as the Vice President of Global Employment Law. In this executive leadership role, you will be responsible for defining and driving the global strategy for the employment law function, ensuring compliance for public market readiness, and mitigating enterprise risk as the business scales. You will lead IPO readiness and public governance, functional maturation and strategic scaling, executive advisement and high-stakes risk management, global labor strategy and worker classification frameworks, and cross-functional strategic alignment and culture safeguarding.

• Defining and driving the global strategy for the employment law function, ensuring compliance for public market readiness, and mitigating enterprise risk.
• Leading IPO readiness and public governance by designing, auditing, and fortifying global workforce practices to meet the rigorous scrutiny of the IPO process.
• Evolving the employment law function from an advisory unit into a mature, preventative, and highly structured corporate asset, scaling regional leadership and implementing scalable legal operational frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to decode layered legal frameworks, evaluate unprecedented global scenarios, and deliver commercially viable resolutions
• Proven experience managing and developing senior legal talent across multiple international jurisdictions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and cultures, synthesizing intricate legal risks into clear, actionable guidance for board-level stakeholders
• Proven track record as a global employment law architect, with mandatory experience designing and scaling cross-border legal frameworks across diverse international jurisdictions, complemented by deep expertise in US multi-state compliance
• 12+ years of legal experience specializing in employment law, with significant tenure leading a corporate employment law department or practicing as a senior partner within a highly-regarded international law firm or corporate legal department
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and an active license to practice law in good standing
• Uncompromising moral and ethical standards, with a proven ability to cultivate a corporate culture of compliance, equity, and psychological safety
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, navigate deep ambiguity, meet demanding timelines in a fast-paced environment, and independently prioritize enterprise workflows with minimal supervision
• If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page