Employment Counsel

Apollo.io is seeking an Employment Counsel to partner closely with its People team and business leaders on employment matters across its global workforce. The role provides practical advice throughout the employee lifecycle, helps resolve sensitive workplace issues, and builds processes that enable timely, consistent decisions. It is a hands-on individual contributor role with meaningful ownership, coordinating with local counsel on jurisdiction-specific requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day employment counseling on hiring, performance management, disciplinary actions, employee complaints, leaves and accommodations, workplace conduct, and separations; Partner on sensitive employee relations matters, including investigation planning, fact gathering, findings, remedial action, and escalation paths; Guide separations and organizational changes, including severance, settlement negotiations, and employee communications; Develop and maintain employment documents such as offer letters, employment and separation agreements, and confidentiality and invention-assignment agreements; Support a global workforce by coordinating advice across the United States and international markets; Build repeatable processes with Legal Operations and People Operations, including intake, triage, approval workflows, templates, and playbooks; Manage employment claims, threatened disputes, and outside counsel; Strengthen prevention and training for People partners and managers

Requirements

J.D. or equivalent legal qualification and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice in this role; Approximately 6+ years of relevant employment-law experience, including substantial experience counseling employers directly; Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law, including California and multistate issues, and experience applying that knowledge to practical workplace decisions; Experience advising on sensitive employee relations matters, investigations, performance management, accommodations, and separations; Experience supporting international employment matters and coordinating with local counsel; The ability to give a clear recommendation when facts are incomplete, distinguish material risks from manageable ones, and escalate appropriately; Strong drafting, communication, and relationship-building skills, with discretion, empathy, and sound judgment; A track record of managing competing priorities and carrying matters through to completion; An interest in improving how work gets done through practical tools, training, and repeatable processes

Nice to have

In-house employment counseling at a technology company or another business with a distributed workforce; Experience with employment disputes, workforce changes, contractor classification, or employer-of-record arrangements; Experience developing employment playbooks, document workflows, or tools that enable People teams to operate more independently; Experience with employment counseling for teams in the UK, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, the Philippines, India or Canada

Benefits

Equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave; employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits; global travel coverage; life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance; FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits