Legal Sr Group Manager - Emp & Hrciudad De Mexico (Xico) (Valle de Chalco Solidaridad)

Responsibilities

• Serve as a partner and advisor providing legal assistance and support to business stakeholders regarding all employment & HR matters, such as employment contracts, claims of discrimination, and employment-related arbitration.
• Provide critical inputs on compliance with employment laws and regulations; provide counsel to managers regarding compliance with employment laws.
• Accomplish results by leveraging networks/connections, colleagues, and peers within the organization, including compensation teams, ER teams, internal investigatory teams.
• Proactively identify, evaluate, and contribute to the appropriate management of legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.
• Escalate, manage and report control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Manage with the team a significant caseload of litigation and liaise with litigation colleagues and country counsel in relation to country based litigation and handle directly complex cases.
• Manage a team of employees day to day and provide oversight, mentoring and general pastoral support.
• The role will provide contentious and non-contentious employment advice within Mexico to a wide stakeholder base including the business, compliance, legal, HR, ER and management.
• There will be day‑to‑day responsibility for managing complex and significant matters including cases within the litigation portfolio.
• The role will also day‑to‑day supervise and mentor a less experienced employment lawyer also based in Mexico.

Qualifications

• Approximately 10+ years of specific relevant legal experience with some experience working in an in‑house legal role in financial services; previous managerial experience.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, organizational and relationship management skills.
• Knowledge and expertise on specific laws, rules and regulations related to Employment & HR.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills and ability to build and maintain trusted relationships.
• Bar license in good standing to practice law.
• Spanish fluency required and English (fluent).

Education

Juris Doctorate or equivalent law degree required.

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