Counsel - Employment and Ethics

Airbnb’s Legal Department is a global team that will require working with diverse international colleagues around the world. The successful candidate will be someone who is adaptable, collaborative and embodies Airbnb’s Core Values. Candidates will be required to approach complex legal issues with a balance for local and global perspectives, while being adaptable to cultural differences and nuances. A genuine and demonstrated interest in Airbnb and a commitment to ethics, integrity and fostering a workplace that emphasizes diversity and belonging is a must.

The Community You Will Join: 

Airbnb's Legal team embodies the company's innovative, forward-thinking spirit. At the frontier of the new sharing economy, Airbnb is breaking new ground in matters of policy, law, and government relations. Where some see obstacles, we see the opportunity to find creative, practical solutions. Our legal team is committed to building a group of talented, collaborative and self-motivated legal professionals across the globe who believe in Airbnb's mission and leading as a 21st century company.

The Difference You Will Make:

Our legal team is looking to bring on a Counsel, Employment & Ethics. You are a highly adaptable and collaborative attorney with employment, ethics & compliance experience that can handle ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities with flexibility, compassion, patience, and poise.   

You have excellent judgment in both assessing legal risks and business strategy, and a proven ability to lead in a complex and fast-paced environment.  

A Typical Day: 

• Provide legal and strategic advice and counsel to internal clients and legal colleagues on a range of global employment and ethics issues, including prevention of harassment and discrimination, compensation and benefits, performance management, reorganizations, accommodations and leaves of absence, wage and hour law, mobility, contingent workforce, conflicts of interest, and other matters involving Airbnb’s ethics policies.

• Support key Employee Experience and business partners on complex and challenging employment and ethics issues; delivering clear, practical advice that enables our business partners to achieve their objectives while mitigating legal risk and keeping the interests of all stakeholders at the forefront

• Drive and support on cross-functional projects to improve our global employment and ethics policies and practices to ensure compliance with business objectives and federal, state and local laws.

• Support execution of our compliance communications strategy.

• Manage employment issues, disputes, and internal investigations.  

• Support Airbnb’s conflict of interest disclosure process, including review and approval of potential employee conflicts and gift and entertainment requests, as well as policy training

• Track Airbnb’s company compliance with new laws and regulations, specifically with regard to employment, anti-bribery and corruption and other relevant compliance topics, working closely with our public policy, and regional legal teams.

• Be a trusted and collaboration-oriented partner across Employee Experience global functions.

• Support Airbnb’s commitment to building and maintaining an inclusive and ethical workplace, free of discrimination and harassment.

Your Expertise:

• Creative, flexible and experienced attorney.

• 4-6+ years of relevant experience with a significant amount focused on employment and ethics matters.  

• Strong, proven ability to work cross functionally with business partners and executives.

• Experience leading and/or advising on investigations. 

• General experience working in an international and multicultural working environment with geographically dispersed team members.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and pressurized environment and to act decisively.

• Provide quick, concise, and practical legal advice consistent with Airbnb’s business objectives.

• Advise and problem-solve proactively where necessary. 

• A passion for Airbnb’s mission, with a strong knowledge and interest in travel.

• A team player with excellent interpersonal skills.

• In-house experience, preferably in the technology sector, preferred.

• Computer literacy with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Qualified lawyer with Bar admission in the United States.

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list  If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.