Counsel - EMEA

Position: Employment Counsel - EMEA
Location: Greater London

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.About the RoleAnthropic is seeking an exceptional Employment Counsel to build the foundation for Anthropic's growing global workforce in Europe. You will closely partner with our People team, business and technical stakeholders to create and manage employment programs in the EMEA region that enable high performers to achieve their best work. The ideal candidate pairs their employment law expertise with pragmatism and creativity, in a fast-paced and fun environment.Responsibilities

• Develop and implement compliant employment programs and practices across several European jurisdictions to streamline the global employee experience to create a culture of high performance, and alignment to Anthropic’s values and People philosophy
• Partner with the People team and managers on a wide range of employment law issues, including compensation, benefits, privacy, performance management, leaves of absence, works council and contingent workers
• Craft clear and comprehensive written guidance, policies, and communications that effectively translate complex employment law concepts into actionable frameworks
• Leverage your experience to proactively identify and mitigate employment legal risks and disputes
• Develop training and manager enablement programs on employment legal topics
• Liaise and manage relationships with outside counsel, as necessary
• Stay up to date on relevant employment laws, regulations, industry trends, and disseminate to key stakeholders these developments and their implications to Anthropic’s mission and business

You may be a good fit if you have

• A law degree from a European jurisdiction with demonstrated academic credentials
• At least 8 years of post-qualification experience in labor and employment;
  In-house experience strongly preferred
• Employment law experience supporting teams based in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
• Humility, thoughtfulness, sound judgment, and the highest level of integrity
• A strategic, flexible, resourceful, and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and execute on tasks
• Exceptional analytical, writing, and communication skills, with the ability to succinctly and effectively communicate legal issues to non-lawyers

Strong candidates may have

• In-house or similar experience at a global law firm
• Experience in a tech company or other fast-paced environment

Annual Salary£165,000 — £200,000 GBPLogisticsEducation requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work.

We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.How we’re differentWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts.…