Senior Employment Counsel, Grammarly
2-3 days a week in office
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- Experience delivering employment advice to German clients. Experience delivering advice to clients in Poland or Ukraine is a plus but not required
- Fluency in German and English
- Brings a problem-solving and detail-oriented approach to their work, a track record of excellent organizational skills, and unfailing follow-up to effectively manage multiple activities of varying difficulty, priority, and complexity
- Demonstrates the ability to independently move projects forward by gaining support from others while working in a cross-functional role
- Brings an entrepreneurial drive and comfort working in ambiguous, quickly changing environments
- Has a strong sense of accountability and integrity, taking ownership of projects and responsibilities and resolving issues proactively
- Is a great communicator and has a service mindset that empowers others to hit their goals
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Senior Employment Lawyer to join our growing Legal team
- Together with other members of the Legal team, the person in this role will help us navigate important employment matters in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, advise on cutting-edge employment issues, and collaborate closely with our customers and partners
- As Grammarly’s first Senior European Employment Counsel, you will help collaborate with our business teams on some of Grammarly’s most complex and impactful legal questions
- This role reports to the Head of Litigation and Employment
- Advise internal business clients regarding employment law issues in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine
- Manage cross-functional legal projects, and serve as the driving force for our European employment legal function
- Identify relevant changes to employment laws in the European countries where Grammarly operates and advise the business concerning compliance
- Review and draft employment documentation, including employment agreements, relocation agreements, and employment and benefits policies
- Advise internal business clients regarding performance management, internal investigations, and disability accommodations
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company values
- Ethical - Be honorable and earn trust by doing the right thing even when no one is watching, every time.
- Adaptable - Embrace change to evolve and succeed, with a positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Gritty - Achieve with passion and perseverance for goals, by doing whatever it takes to get the job done, whenever it’s necessary.
- Empathetic - Treat others as they want to be treated to work well together, by actively listening to put yourself in their shoes and then responding accordingly.
- Remarkable - Always be learning to develop quickly and be exceptional yet humble, by continually seeking out mentors and learning opportunities.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Head of Revenue & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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