Description
Scopely is hiring a dynamic and experienced Director, Senior Employment Counsel (Global) to support employment-related legal and compliance matters in a global jurisdictional capacity. You will work out of our Barcelona hub on a hybrid basis. This is a strategic and tactical role responsible for partnering with internal stakeholders—including People Team, Legal, and executive leadership—to ensure compliance with employment laws, mitigate risk, and support the business in all aspects of employment including advising on employee issues and drafting offer documentation across a complex and diverse regional landscape.
What you will do:
- Provide expert counsel on employment law matters across multiple regions. Particular familiarity in Europe, Middle East & Asia including Spain, India, UK, Ireland, Israel, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and Germany is required. Support for other regions within the portfolio may also be required.
- Serve as a trusted partner to the People Team and business leaders, guiding decision-making on employee relations, risk mitigation, and complex workplace issues.
- Support the Talent and Compensation teams in creation of employment documentation.
- Support employment litigation and dispute resolution in the regions supported, managing outside counsel as needed.
- Provide timely, practical, and business-focused legal guidance across multiple jurisdictions.
- Develop and update region-specific policies, handbooks, contracts, and procedures.
- Advise on strategic workforce planning, organizational design, restructuring, and M&A activity.
- Advise on works councils, unions and CBAs across the regions.
- Monitor and communicate regional legal developments and proactively adjust policies and practices to remain compliant.
What we are looking for:
- Law degree with admission to practice in at least one jurisdiction
- In-office presence required 2-3 days per week in Barcelona, Spain. Relocation available
- Minimum 14 years of progressive experience in global employment law
- Proven success advising on complex, cross-border employment issues in a global, matrixed environment
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability and a deep understanding of risk management
- Excellent negotiation skills and resilience in partnering with the business
- Fluency in English required; professional proficiency in Spanish required, fluency preferred. Additional languages are a plus
- Prior in-house and M&A experience preferred
- Experience in the technology and/or games industry is a plus
Please ensure that the résumé/CV you attach is written in English.
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
Notice to Candidates: Scopely will never request payment or financial information during the application or hiring process. Please apply only through our official website and verify that all Talent Partner communications come from an email address ending in @scopely.com.
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Employment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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