Built in 2016 "for the age of ecommerce," Veho Tech, Inc. offers an end-to-end ecommerce delivery service to help ecommerce brands delight their customers. Veho
Associate General Counsel
Location
New York
Posted
79 days ago
Salary
$260K - $290K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Associate General Counsel
Veho
Associate General Counsel Hybrid, New York Legal Hybrid Full-time About Veho Veho’s mission is to power the future of commerce by making shopping, shipping and returns seamless for everyone. We are building a modern, end-to-end logistics infrastructure designed entirely for the ever-evolving needs of ecommerce brands and everyday consumers. Powered by next-generation technology and a vertically integrated supply chain, Veho gives brands and their customers unprecedented control over their deliveries and removes the pain from the ecommerce post-purchase experience. We make delivery the ‘extension of the brand’ and leverage it to create deeper loyalty and trust between brands and their customers, driving customer retention and lifetime value. Our rapidly growing client list includes leading consumer brands like Hello Fresh, Zara, Macy’s, Sephora, and more. To truly build an iconic company, we strongly believe that our people and values must be aligned with our mission. As such, we take pride in our championship team, merit-based culture. We seek team players who want to compete, win, make an impact and build a legacy, and we reward performance and impact players with generous equity and incredible career growth opportunities. About the Role The Associate General Counsel, Employment and Litigation Legal exists to ensure Veho can grow quickly, operate a complex and highly varied workforce, and resolve disputes with confidence and speed. This includes supporting a mix of gig workers, corporate employees, temporary staff, warehouse and frontline workers, and a distributed workforce across multiple U.S. states and international locations. This attorney will serve as a key legal partner to the People team and play an important role in shaping litigation strategy, bringing strong employment law expertise, practical judgment, and a builder mindset to a company that is scaling and evolving rapidly. They will help protect the business by identifying and addressing risk early, not just reacting to issues as they arise, and will leverage AI tools and technology to operate with the level of efficiency and leverage required in a high-growth environment. Key Responsibilities Labor & Employment - Serve as a day-to-day legal partner to the People team, providing both strategic and real-time advice on a wide range of employment matters - Advise on employee lifecycle issues, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, discipline, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and compensation - Provide fast, pragmatic guidance on employment obligations across U.S. jurisdictions - Draft, review, and maintain employment-related documents including offer letters, separation agreements, and employee handbook updates - Partner with People and Compliance to build and refine policies, standards, and processes that are legally sound and operationally effective - Advise on independent contractor classification and workforce model risk - Partner with Trust and Safety to handle contractor disputes, including reviewing claims, advising on risk, and shaping communications and outcomes - Handle and respond to agency charges and pre-litigation disputes including EEOC and state-level matters - Lead or support internal investigations involving employee conduct, policy violations, and other sensitive matters - Advise on sensitive and high-risk People decisions, partnering with the Head of Legal as appropriate - Stay current on evolving employment laws and translate them into actionable guidance for the business Litigation - Manage day-to-day litigation and pre-litigation matters including employment disputes, workers comp claims, contractor-related claims, and other civil matters - Partner with the Head of Legal on litigation strategy, risk assessment, and key decisions, while independently driving certain litigation matters such as workers compensation - Support responses to regulatory inquiries, agency investigations, and enforcement actions - Coordinate discovery efforts, document collection, and responses to subpoenas and information requests - Prepare internal stakeholders for depositions, interviews, and other proceedings - Manage dispute resolution for inbound complaints, claims, and legal demands - Collaborate cross-functionally to gather facts, assess risk, and drive resolution strategies - Identify trends across disputes and litigation and translate them into preventative actions - Stay current on relevant legal and regulatory developments and advise stakeholders AI and Legal Operations - Identify and implement opportunities to use AI and automation across legal workflows including drafting, investigations, dispute triage, and knowledge management - Advise on emerging legal issues at the intersection of AI and employment - Build lightweight systems, templates, and playbooks that increase speed, consistency, and scalability - Continuously improve how legal supports the business with a focus on efficiency and leverage Experience - Must have - 10+ years of employment law and litigation experience, including time in-house - J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in New York - Strong experience advising on U.S. federal and state employment laws - Experience handling employee relations issues, investigations, and counseling - Experience managing employment litigation, agency charges, and pre-litigation disputes - Experience working closely with HR or People teams - Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth, or ambiguous environments - Demonstrated use of AI tools in legal workflows or strong willingness to adopt - Nice to have: - In-house or secondment experience - Marketplace, logistics, or gig economy experience - Experience supporting Trust and Safety or similar teams - Experience building legal processes from scratch - Exposure to international employment law Compensation: $260,000 - $290,000 per year The pay range is subject to the discretion of the Company. Additionally, Veho offers a competitive equity package, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage as well as other benefits such as 401k and generous PTO for full-time roles. Veho is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. No matter the location, or the role, every Veho teammate shares one galvanizing mission: driving commerce forward with a customer-centric delivery and returns experience that’s built for the modern era. We are deeply value-driven (Team Up, Drive Impact, Take Ownership, Solve Bigger, Obsess Over Experience, Make Today Count) and care tremendously about investing in our high-performers. Join us in building the future of ecommerce logistics and in doing the work of our lifetime!
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