Employment Legal Counsel, FR Legal

Overview

Amazon is a leader in global e-commerce. We’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Our innovative technologies change the way people find, discover and buy products and services. Lawyers at Amazon are trusted members of the business. Our work is intellectually challenging, exciting and fast-paced. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business. Like everyone at Amazon, we’re passionate about our customers.

Amazon’s Legal Department is looking for an experienced Labor & Employment lawyer to support our French corporate business as well as our customer fulfillment and transportation operations. You will be the primary legal point of contact for HR teams and other internal stakeholders, including business owners, and work on a broad range of individual and collective employment law related issues. As part of Amazon's French Legal team based in Clichy, you will work on exciting projects across business lines and across the EU, dealing with a variety of legal topics and providing strategic counsel.

Responsibilities

• Supporting HR teams and other internal stakeholders on a broad range of individual and collective employment law related issues, including collective advice on works council strategy and negotiations as well as employee privacy topics
• Advising the business on strategic matters, including employee relations
• Drafting and implementing standard documentation and employment related policies and procedures in partnership with the HR teams and other internal stakeholders
• Proactive planning and implementing employment related programs to support and protect the business
• Handling and resolving employment related disputes and escalations
• Dealing with the full range of employment litigation and regulatory matters, including the management of external counsel where appropriate
• Training the HR and Recruiting teams and developing and improving internal processes

Basic Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer in France with outstanding legal qualification
• Minimum 8+ years post-qualified legal experience with at least three years at a reputed law firm with a focus on French employment law
• Significant experience of a broad range of individual and collective employment law related issues, negotiation and litigation
• High degree of independence, initiative and decisiveness but also desire to be challenged and think outside the box
• Great business judgment, especially in ambiguous situations
• Ability to prioritise in a fast-moving environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Capable of leading complex and time sensitive projects and co-ordinating internal stakeholders and external advisors
• Ability to deliver results, both as a member of the French Legal team and the EMEA Labor & Employment team
• Great English skills that include ability to draft and negotiate contracts and legal reports

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house employment law experience, ideally within an international business
• Experience of advising warehousing, logistics and transportation businesses on employment law related issues

Job details and accommodations: If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit the Amazon jobs accommodations page for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Company — Amazon France Services SASJob ID: A