Sr. Director, Legal Corporate

Sr. Director Corporate Counsel

Your Role

The Sr. Director Corporate Counsel Labor & Employment (Americas) serves as the primary legal partner to Human Resources and business leaders on labor and employment matters across the United States and Canada. Reporting to the SVP Deputy General Counsel (Litigation Employment & Compliance) this role provides strategic practical and business-focused legal counsel while managing employment risk supporting organizational growth initiatives leading complex employment matters and collaborating across Legal Human Resources Compliance Privacy and business teams in a fast-paced global environment.

What Youll Do

Labor & Employment Counseling

• Provide strategic and day-to-day advice on labor and employment matters arising primarily in the United States and Canada coordinating with other members of the Legal Human Resources Compliance and Privacy Teams as well as other business stakeholders as appropriate.
• Draft negotiate and interpret employment-related agreements.
• Oversee and counsel on employee relations matters including performance management workplace conduct accommodations investigations terminations and development of strategies policies and training programs.
• Advise on wage-and-hour compliance worker classification pay transparency and pay equity restrictive covenants employee mobility workplace safety and federal state provincial and local employment requirements.
• Advise on compensation and benefits including equity incentive compensation severance programs retirement and health and welfare matters.
• Provide employment-law support for mergers acquisitions divestitures integrations restructurings and other strategic transactions as well as in connection with disclosure audit and diligence obligations.
• Partner with other members of Legal Human Resources Compliance and Privacy Teams in overseeing sensitive workplace investigations.
• Manage employment litigation agency charges demand letters administrative proceedings arbitrations and pre-litigation disputes including with respect to development of case strategy assessment of risk exposure settlement and trial positions legal holds and discovery and review of filings and correspondence.
• Draft review and implement employment policies workplace standards arbitration and dispute-resolution programs and related forms and templates including preparation of practical playbooks decision tools checklists workflows and guidance for Human Resources and business leaders.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments assess business impact and lead timely updates to policies practices and communications.
• Design and deliver trainings for Human Resources managers executives and employees on labor and employment topics.
• Serve as a trusted adviser to Human Resources and senior leadership balancing legal risk business objectives operational realities and employee experience.
• Coordinate Americas matters with the global Legal and Human Resources teams to support consistent practical and legally compliant approaches across jurisdictions.
• Lead complex cross-functional projects and drive continuous improvement of Legal and Human Resources processes.
• Mentor and provide substantive guidance to other lawyers and legal professionals and support broader Legal Team priorities as needed.
• Develop meaningful metrics and reporting to identify trends improve controls and support risk-based decision-making.
• Select supervise and evaluate outside counsel; establish strategy budgets and staffing expectations; and actively manage legal spend.
• Develop implement and maintain employment policies workplace programs training materials playbooks workflows and guidance tools for Human Resources and business leaders.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while leading cross-functional initiatives driving process improvements developing risk metrics and supporting informed business decision-making.
• Select manage and evaluate outside counsel including legal strategy budgeting staffing expectations and legal spend management.

What Youll Need

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• At least 10 years of significant labor and employment law experience preferably combining experience at a nationally recognized law firm and an in-house legal department within a multinational organization.
• Deep expertise in U.S. federal multi-state and Canadian employment laws including employee relations workplace investigations litigation management and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated experience managing employment litigation government agency matters outside counsel relationships and legal budgets.
• Strong legal analysis drafting negotiation communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to deliver concise practical business-oriented legal advice and balance legal risk with operational objectives in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong project management organizational and prioritization skills with experience handling multiple complex matters across jurisdictions.
• High degree of integrity sound judgment discretion collaboration and commitment to client service.
• Preferred experience advising on California employment law executive employment matters equity compensation employee benefits labor relations and workplace investigations.
• Preferred experience addressing emerging issues involving privacy artificial intelligence pay equity non-compete restrictions scalable legal processes technology-enabled workflows and management reporting.

A Bit About Us

• Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL the companys global data center platform provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.

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A Bit About Our Team

Legal

• Our Legal team works in a highly complex global business sector with a diverse range of local regional and international organizations. From ensuring compliance in different jurisdictions to supporting business teams with customer and supplier contracts were involved in a variety of projects. Working in a dynamic commercial environment we collaborate with colleagues across different departments and always have a new challenge waiting for us.

What We Can Offer You

• Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

• Join us and youll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team youll get to work with people from different business areas challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. Well

• also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

• Apply today take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

• Safety isnt just a priority here at Digital Realty; its critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives protecting assets and securing data arent just ideals theyre essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

• Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package excellent benefits and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is a commitment to attracting retaining and motivating exceptional talent through market-competitive pay and performance-based rewards.