Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Role Description

The Fastly Legal Team is looking for an experienced lawyer (5+ years PQE) to serve as an advisor and partner to its People Team, providing employment and benefit legal advice, with an emphasis on supporting the EMEA and APAC regions. The ideal candidate will have solid foundational law firm training in employment law and in-house experience addressing and resolving employment issues that global and rapidly scaling tech companies face. 

We are looking for a lawyer to serve as a trusted advisor who solves problems practically. We are seeking candidates who value working in a strong and diverse team, and want to contribute to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment. This position will report to our Legal Director, Assistant General Counsel - Global Employment Law who is U.S. based, in the Eastern Time Zone.  

• Advise on employment and benefit related legal matters, providing the Legal and People Teams guidance to drive compliance with applicable labour and employment laws both within and outside the UK. This role will primarily focus on support for matters across the EMEA region, as well as support for APAC.  Areas of support include leaves of absence and accommodations, discipline and terminations, compensation, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, workplace discrimination and harassment, benefits, immigration and mobility, employee relations issues (including grievances and internal investigations), contingent worker compliance, and health and safety 

• Assist in drafting, reviewing, and revising employee policies, procedures, and work rules, and advise on their application and enforcement

• Draft and revise employment-related templates (including offer letters, employment agreements, settlement agreements and separation agreements) 

• Support cross-border employment issues and collaborate with others on the Law and People Teams on global projects

• Maintain current knowledge of new and developing employment laws impacting Fastly and its workforce and make recommendations to ensure compliance with changes in the law  

• Partner with the Legal Director, Global Employment Law to develop and implement scalable employment policies, processes and training across all of Fastly’s locations

• Supervise outside counsel on employment or benefits issues requiring law firm support

• Qualified lawyer in a UK jurisdiction, ideally with  5-7 years of post qualification employment law experience, including both law firm practice and in-house legal experience (at least 3-4 years in-house preferred)

• Robust experience independently counselling a human resources team supporting a global workforce on day-to-day employment issues

• Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills; ability to assess risks and convey clear and decisive advice to internal colleagues

• Thorough knowledge of UK employment laws, with experience advising on employment matters in one or more of the following locations: Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Singapore, Australia, and/or Japan

• Experience working with works councils and advising on works council matters.

• A collegial self-starter who makes independent progress on complex and challenging projects and exercises excellent judgement in raising issues and when collaborating

• A pragmatic and practical approach to problem solving and getting things done

• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision

• Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills; ability to assess risks and convey clear and decisive advice to internal colleagues

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these: 

Experience with multi-national companies headquartered in the U.S.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is £120,000 - £135,000

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours, with flexibility to adjust hours for work supporting APAC as needed.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• London, United Kingdom

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand. 

• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

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