Gusto · 1 week ago
Product Counsel - PEO/Employment Law
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$177K/yr - $208K/yr
7+ years expGusto is a company on a mission to grow the small business economy by providing essential services like payroll and HR. They are seeking a Senior Product Counsel to leverage their expertise in employment law to shape their Professional Employer Organization (PEO) offerings and drive legal and compliance initiatives.
Bookkeeping and PayrollEmployee BenefitsEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Provide front-line legal support to PEO product and operations teams
Drive legal and compliance workstreams and cross-functional collaboration for pre-launch milestones, compliance frameworks, vendor onboarding, and Go-to-Market readiness
Advise on risk, product design, features, and operational workflows; address compliance with employment, payroll, HR, licensing, and other requirements relevant to the PEO offering
Develop actionable guidance, templates, and internal training for PEO-related products
Partner cross-functionally and build consensus with Legal and Compliance, Product, Finance, and Operations teams
Create and maintain PEO-related compliance work-product to support internal compliance tracking and content creation processes
Qualification
Required
7+ years of legal experience, including in-house experience at a technology company. Experience must include employment law, litigation, and product counseling. We have a strong preference for PEO experience. We encourage exceptional candidates without PEO experience to apply if they have a demonstrated ability to quickly acquire deep expertise in complex new legal domains
Deep experience providing pragmatic legal guidance on tech products and employment obligations
Demonstrated ability to build consensus and strong working relationships
A collaborative, solution-oriented mindset with a focus on progress and teamwork (no job is too big or too small)
An eagerness to dive in, take ownership of projects, and manage work with accountability, while ensuring appropriate visibility and smooth escalation to senior counsel or other decision-makers
Experience using AI tools to deliver efficiency in your individual work and as essential components in the processes you develop and improve
JD degree and membership in a State bar with a current license to practice law
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)s
Equity package
Performance bonuses
Company
Gusto
Gusto is an HR and payroll platform that simplifies complex tasks, empowering businesses to focus on what matters most.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$746.1MKey Investors
Friends & Family CapitalT. Rowe PriceAkkadian Ventures
2023-01-28Series Unknown
2022-05-12Series E· $55M
2021-08-10Series E· $175M
Leadership Team
Josh Reeves
Head of Gusto (CEO) and Co-Founder. Building Gusto for the Long Term.
Edward Kim
Co-founder and Head of Technology
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