Managing Counsel, Employment, Disputes, & Litigation

About the role

insightsoftware is seeking a Managing Counsel, Employment, Disputes & Litigation to lead the company's global disputes and litigation function within the Governance, Risk, Compliance & Disputes ("GRCD") team. This role has enterprise-wide responsibility for managing all disputes and litigation matters including commercial, IP, contract, vendor, regulatory, employment, and other disputes across insightsoftware's global footprint of 40+ countries.

While the role carries a broad, general disputes mandate, the successful candidate will be an employment lawyer by trade and will continue to serve as the company's principal resource on employment-related disputes and litigation, working in close partnership with Human Resources. This role is a people-manager position, and reports directly to the SVP & Head, Global Legal Affairs & Compliance.

The ideal candidate is a confident, pragmatic litigator and people manager who can flex across dispute types and jurisdictions, build and lead a high-performing team, and calibrate risk across varied business contexts. This individual must be comfortable operating with significant independence while providing clear, actionable guidance to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Disputes & Litigation Management

• Own and manage the company's global disputes and litigation docket in its entirety, including commercial, contract, vendor, IP, regulatory, and employment-related matters.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for incoming claims, demand letters, administrative charges, and civil litigation across all subject-matter areas; triage matters and determine case strategy.
• Engage and oversee outside counsel across the full range of dispute types and jurisdictions; manage litigation budgets, billing guidelines, and outside counsel performance.
• Evaluate and recommend settlement strategies in collaboration with senior leadership, business stakeholders, and GRCD teammates.
• Manage employment-related disputes and litigation, including administrative charges (EEOC, state agencies, and international equivalents), demand letters, and civil litigation.
• Maintain the enterprise disputes and litigation docket and provide regular status reporting to the SVP & Head, Global Legal Affairs & Compliance and other stakeholders as needed.
• Oversee matter intake, legal hold administration, document collection, and discovery processes across active matters.
• Draft and negotiate settlement, separation, and other resolution agreements across matter types.

Risk Management

• Build, manage, and oversee scalable processes, playbooks, and reporting tools for disputes intake, escalation, and matter management as the docket grows.
• Identify and assess legal and litigation risk across the business and work cross-functionally to develop mitigation strategies.
• Support proactive compliance initiatives, including policy audits and training relevant to disputes and employment matters.

Employment Counseling & Advisory

• Serve as the company's principal employment law advisor to Human Resources and business leaders on employment law matters across insightsoftware's international footprint, including the UK, EU member states, Canada, Australia, and other active jurisdictions, coordinating with regional and outside counsel as needed.
• Advise on employee relations issues, including performance management, disciplinary actions, separations, and reductions in force.
• Provide guidance on wage and hour compliance, leave management, accommodation requests, worker classification, and pay equity.
• Review and advise on employment-related policies, handbooks, offer letters, employment agreements, and restrictive covenant agreements.
• Partner with GRCD teammates and other stakeholders on governance and compliance matters that intersect with employment, including workplace investigations and ethics matters.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting litigation risk and the global workforce; proactively update internal stakeholders on changes with business impact.

Team Leadership & People Management

• Directly manage and develop a team, setting priorities, providing coaching, and supporting professional growth.
• Build team capacity and processes to support a growing and increasingly complex disputes caseload.
• Foster a collaborative, high-accountability team culture consistent with insightsoftware's values.

Qualifications

Required

• J.D. from an accredited law school; active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
• 7+ years of legal experience in employment law, encompassing both law firm and in-house experience; law firm experience at an Am Law 100 firm is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing disputes and litigation, including administrative proceedings and civil litigation; flexibility and demonstrated ability to manage disputes beyond employment law (e.g., commercial, contract, IP, or vendor matters) is required.
• In-house experience managing disputes or litigation docket, including outside counsel selection, budget oversight, and matter reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Proven people-management experience, having directly managed a team of at least three people, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
• Significant knowledge of employment law frameworks in at least one non-U.S. jurisdiction (UK, EU, Canada, or Australia); ability to engage substantively on cross-border matters and work effectively with local counsel.
• Strong business judgment and ability to provide clear, practical legal advice in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfort presenting to senior leadership and the General Counsel.
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to manage a broad and evolving portfolio of dispute types across a global organization.
• Experience managing commercial or IP litigation in addition to employment disputes.

Preferred

• Experience in a global software company or technology-driven enterprise.
• Experience supporting Human Resources through M&A integration and workforce restructurings.
• Exposure to data privacy considerations in the employment and litigation context (GDPR, CCPA, and analogous frameworks).

In the first 90 days, the Managing Counsel, Disputes & Litigation will

• Assume primary responsibility for the company's active disputes and litigation docket across all matter types and establish direct working relationships with the Senior Litigation & Disputes Paralegal and Legal Assistant.
• Develop working relationships with Human Resources leadership, business stakeholders, and the General Counsel across insightsoftware's global footprint.
• Conduct an initial assessment of the disputes docket and team workflows, identifying gaps or process improvements.
• Establish a cadence with the SVP, Global Legal Affairs & Compliance, and GRCD teammates for matter intake, escalation, and reporting on litigation and disputes risk

Pay and benefits

The salary range in United States of America for this position is 160,000.00 to 201,000.00 USD Annual.

For sales roles, this range includes the commission target. For non-sales roles, this is a base salary only range; additional bonus eligibility may apply.

Your specific offer within this range will be determined by your skills, experience, and qualifications.

We are committed to pay transparency and fair compensation practices. If you have questions about our compensation approach, please don't hesitate to ask during the interview process.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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