Sr. Corporate Counsel - Employment Law; Leave & Accommodations

Overview

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!

Are you looking for a work environment which encourages teamwork and where you are respected, supported, challenged, and can grow and advance your career? If your answer is "yes," you should join T-Mobile's All-Star Legal Team!

This role is a Hybrid in-office position in either Bellevue, WA or Overland Park, KS.

This attorney, working in the Legal Affairs Department, will represent T-Mobile and handle leave-and-accommodations advice and litigation (primarily in arbitration); advise business units and Human Resources on other employment legal matters, primarily within the Customer Care line of business; and prepare agency position statements and demand-letter responses.

• Leverage your subject-matter expertise to advise on multi-jurisdiction leave and accommodation compliance, balancing legal risk with efficient plan administration.
• Engage and work with outside counsel to manage employment litigation, with a focus on leave and accommodations issues in employment arbitrations.
• Identify and implement creative litigation strategies and thoughtfully manage litigation costs.
• Provide practical, day-to-day counseling to HR and other internal clients to identify and manage employment legal risks outside the leave-and-accommodations arena.
• Prepare responses to agency charges and demand letters.
• Develop and review written HR policies, guidelines, templates, and forms.
• Develop and deliver legal training to HR and other internal clients.
• Provide employment law advice regarding internal investigations.
• Advise and help clients understand employment law related compliance issues.
• Counsel and advise clients on a wide variety of complex and developing employment-related legal and business issues.

• 7+ years of experience as an employment attorney, with relevant in-house and/or top law firm experience
• Minimum 4 years, strongly prefer 6+ years, of focused work on leave and accommodation issues across the country
• Ability to work independently and effectively despite ambiguity and rapid change.
• Excellent writing skills, with a focus on providing practical advice.
• Amazing oral communication skills, with a focus on clearly and simply conveying complex employment law concepts, risks, and options to HR and other internal clients.
• Strong judgement that allows you to properly weigh what s best for our customers and our business, what s best for our employees, and potential legal risks
• Strong project management skills
• A demonstrated ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals in a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently.
• A keen business sense with negotiation and drafting skills
• Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple, and sometimes competing, priorities.
• Must be licensed to practice law in the US, in good standing

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No):
No

DOT Regulated: DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):
No

Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):
No

Base Pay Range: $144,100 - $260,000

Corporate Bonus Target: 20%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee s eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance.

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At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits,…