Senior Product Counsel, Gusto
HR & Employment
$221-273k
2-3 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
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Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$221-273k
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- JD degree and active license to practice law (member of a State Bar)
- 10+ years of legal experience, including in-house work at a tech company, with a focus on employment law
- Experience providing pragmatic legal guidance on tech products
- Strong problem-solving skills balancing legal risk with business needs
- Collaborative and able to thrive under pressure in cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated ability to build consensus and foster strong relationships
- Eagerness to dive in and drive projects independently
- Interest in how technology can improve HR processes and reduce pain points
- Attention to detail and follow-through in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Product Counsel to join the growing Product Legal team to meet the expanding needs of our company and our customers
- In this role, you will be (a) empowering a team of legal and compliance professionals focused on building and maintaining a comprehensive HR rules set that will enable bespoke compliance experience across Gusto’s suite of products; (b) advising the business as it builds world-class, HR-related product experiences for Gusto customers; and (c) serving as a subject matter expert for the product legal and compliance teams on complex HR legal questions
- This is an opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of small business owners and their growing teams that use Gusto’s product
- If you thrive in fast paced environments, and excel at finding creative solutions, dreaming big, and executing on complex cross functional projects this role will be perfect for you!
- Gusto’s Legal & Compliance team partners with product teams to enable innovation, facilitate responsible company growth, accelerate the Gusto roadmap, and provide compliant products to our customers, through solution-focused counsel on legal and business risk
- We are passionate about using groundbreaking technology and excellent service to elevate the experience of small business owners and their employees.
- Each team member is a true owner and makes a tremendous impact every day
- Counsel the product, engineering, and design teams on a range of issues including employment compliance, wage & hour, employee benefits, marketing, data privacy, and AI use
- Advise on complex regulatory frameworks to design or enhance innovative and regulated B2B and B2C products and services that support the HR and compliance needs of small businesses
- Contribute to our product suite from brainstorm and ideation through launch
- Contribute to key initiatives helping to mature our Legal & Compliance team’s functions
- Empower legal and compliance individuals focused on strategic HR product initiatives
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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