Senior Counsel (Immediate Hire)

You’ll be surrounded by teammates who care deeply, challenge each other, and celebrate wins. With tools that amplify your impact and a culture that backs your ambition, you won’t just contribute. ZoomInfo is looking for an experienced, pragmatic, and business-minded Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment to join our growing in-house legal team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.S. workforce, as well as coordinating international employment matters across key regions (most notably the UK and India) in close partnership with the Human Resources team, business leaders, and executive stakeholders.We need a trusted advisor who can communicate effectively with executive stakeholders, offer clear recommendations with appropriate guardrails, build repeatable structure, and help our business achieve its goals in a performance-first environment.Provide reliable, day-to-day counseling and tactical execution on performance management, employee discipline, accommodations, leave, and terminations.Support Across All Levels: Partner with and support HR professionals at every level of the organization, from senior HR VPs to entry-level HRBPs. Deliver Recommendation-Oriented Advice: Provide actionable, pragmatic guidance that balances legal risk with commercial objectives, operational speed, and employee experience. Regularly present a clear point of view and recommended path forward rather than merely enumerating risks.Translate complex employment-law issues into clear, concise, and business-oriented terms for senior leaders, distinguishing effectively between material exposure and manageable operational decisions.Recognize that business leaders own final personnel and business decisions, and provide robust operational and legal support for those decisions even when they differ from initial legal recommendations.Proactive Partnership: Global Compliance & OperationsGlobal Employment Oversight: Coordinate effectively with local outside counsel on international issues, building internal knowledge bases and repeatable playbooks rather than outsourcing oversight entirely.Policy & Agreement Maintenance: Review, update, and scale employment policies, procedures, handbooks, and agreements as the business evolves.Build Structure: Outside Counsel Management: Effectively supervise and partner with outside counsel on litigation, administrative proceedings, and specialized matters, ensuring practical outcomes and cost efficiency.What Success Looks Like in Our EnvironmentPragmatic Risk Management: Comfortable supporting a fast-paced business that operates with a healthy and measured risk tolerance.Independent Judgment & Escalation: Capable of resolving most day-to-day matters independently while exercising strong judgment to immediately escalate issues with executive visibility, material financial impact, or significant reputational risk. What You Bring:Experience & Education8+ years of relevant employment law experience.In-House Experience: Strongly preferred. Candidates with significant law firm experience will be considered if they have served in an outside general counsel/embedded capacity or completed a corporate secondment.Licenses: Juris Doctor degree and active license to practice law in at least one U.Skills & CompetenciesCommunication & Judgment: Exceptional written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal ideas simply and make well-reasoned judgments under ambiguity.Project Management: Strong organizational skills with a proven track record of managing competing priorities, driving cross-functional projects, and building repeatable structure.Commercial Acumen: A performance-first mindset with a strong commitment to enabling business growth while protecting the organization from material exposure.Travel: Rare travel may be required (e.g., occasional on-site depositions, mediations, trials, or annual team off-sites in a U.S. office).#LI-JH1 #LI-HybridActual compensation offered will be based on factors such as the candidate’s work location, qualifications, skills, experience and/or training. Additional compensation such as Bonus, Commission, Equity and other benefits may also apply.$GTM) is the Go-To-Market Intelligence Platform that empowers businesses to grow faster with AI-ready insights, trusted data, and advanced automation. Its solutions provide more than 35,000 companies worldwide with a complete view of their customers, making every seller their best seller.Please review our Job Applicant Privacy Notice for more details on how we handle your personal information.ZoomInfo may use a software-based assessment as part of the recruitment process. We welcome all applicants and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, age, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability status, religion, protected military or veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 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