Employment Lead
About the role
We are building a unified global employment function spanning key regions, including Ukraine, Cyprus, the US, Spain, and the UK. Currently distributed across HR, Legal, and Finance, these critical processes are being consolidated into a single, high-impact domain led by our new Employment Lead.
In this role, you will define and spearhead our international employment framework - setting high compliance standards, mitigating global risks, and architecting scalable operations from onboarding to offboarding. Leading a dedicated team and collaborating closely with Legal, Finance, and HR, you will have a unique opportunity to build a modern, scalable function from the ground up rather than managing a legacy framework.
In this role, you will:
Audit the current employment administration function in Ukraine and map the company's obligations across all jurisdictions of presence: Ukraine, the US, Spain, and Cyprus
Identify and close the most critical compliance gaps, with a written risk assessment for each
Standardize employment lifecycle documentation and processes, from hire to exit
Build a system for monitoring legislative changes across all jurisdictions, with clear decision owners
Design the employment process for a new country so it no longer requires ad hoc coordination across several teams
Take over the Ukraine team and define clear boundaries: what the function handles in-house, what escalates to the internal legal team, and what goes to external counsel
Manage the direct team
Skills you’ll need to bring:
5+ years in employment administration, employment law, or people operations, with ownership of compliance in at least one jurisdiction
Strong command of Ukrainian labor law, including wartime changes, and practical experience with reservation and military registration
Exposure to US employment compliance (federal + state) or EU jurisdictions, especially Spain or Cyprus
Experience managing a team and owning a function end-to-end
Ability to research an unfamiliar jurisdiction, frame the right question, brief external counsel, and turn the answer into a working process
Process design mindset: turning ad hoc, person-dependent work into documented, scalable standards
Risk assessment and prioritization
English at a level sufficient for working with US and EU counsel and vendors (B2+)
As a plus:
Experience with EOR/PEO providers and the entity-vs-EOR decision
Labor law experience
Experience supporting international expansion into a new country from scratch
Familiarity with HRIS and document automation tools