EMEA Employment Counsel

What you can expect

We are seeking an EMEA Employment Counsel to join Zoom’s growing international legal team. In this role, you will provide strategic legal support across a wide range of complex employment law matters affecting our operations in the EMEA region. Reporting directly to the Global Head of Employment, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. By helping to shape and implement employment practices across a dynamic and scaling global organisation.

About the Team

You will be joining a collaborative, high-performing global Employment Legal team, working closely with colleagues across the US, EMEA, and APAC regions. The team plays a critical role in supporting Zoom’s people first culture while ensuring global compliance and effective risk management. This role offers direct visibility to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to contribute to global employment strategy. This is an excellent opportunity for an employment lawyer to take a leadership role in partnering with our People Experience (HR) and Compliance teams, as well as working closely with our executive team on matters of strategic importance, including employee relations, cross-border compliance, organisational change, and policy development.

Responsibilities

- Providing strategic, risk-balanced legal guidance on complex employment matters across multiple EMEA jurisdictions
- Advising senior HR and business leaders on employee relations, performance management, investigations, and terminations
- Managing Works Council engagements and collective consultation processes across relevant jurisdictions
- Overseeing employment disputes, pre-litigation strategy, and coordination with external counsel
- Collaborating with Compliance and People Experience teams to develop and implement compliant policies, processes, and training
- Handling employment-related data privacy and GDPR compliance in partnership with Privacy and Legal teams
- Supporting cross-border projects, including reorganisations, M&A, and global employment initiatives
- Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Legal, People Experience, and the wider business

What we’re looking for

- Be a qualified lawyer in a European jurisdiction with at least 5+ years of post-qualification experience
- Demonstrate deep expertise in international employment law, particularly across EMEA jurisdictions; experience with Germany, France, or the Netherlands is highly valued
- Bring prior in-house experience or have completed a successful secondment with a global business
- Advise on Works Council matters and collective consultation requirements; translate complex legal concepts into clear, practical, and commercially aligned advice
- Navigate sensitive employee relations matters with sound judgment and discretion
- Manage competing priorities and workstreams in a dynamic legal environment; collaborate effectively across legal, compliance, and HR functions to drive alignment and mitigate risk
- Handle employee privacy and data protection matters, including GDPR compliance

Ways of Working

Our structured hybrid approach is centered around our offices and remote work environments. The work style of each role, Hybrid, Remote, or In-Person is indicated in the job description/posting.

Benefits

As part of our award-winning workplace culture and commitment to delivering happiness, our benefits program offers a variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways. Learn more information about benefits by contacting the company.

About Us

Zoomies help people stay connected so they can get more done together. We set out to build the best collaboration platform for the enterprise, and today help people communicate better with products like Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, Zoom Events, Zoom Apps, Zoom Rooms, and Zoom Webinars. We’re problem-solvers, working at a fast pace to design solutions with our customers and users in mind. Find room to grow with opportunities to stretch your skills and advance your career in a collaborative, growth-focused environment.

Our Commitment

At Zoom, we believe great work happens when people feel supported and empowered. We’re committed to fair hiring practices that ensure every candidate is evaluated based on skills, experience, and potential. If you require an accommodation during the hiring process, let us know—we’re here to support you at every step. If you need assistance navigating the interview process due to a medical disability, please submit an accommodations request form and someone from our team will reach out soon. This form is solely for applicants who require an accommodation due to a qualifying medical disability. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed.

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