• Counsel on the risks and opportunities of proposed commercial actions; translate complex legal considerations into practical, solution-oriented guidance that meets cross-organizational business objectives while protecting core legal interests. • Own all legal aspects of deal processes and engagements with customers, leveraging insights across Commercial Law, Product & Pricing Strategy, and Data Ownership. • Partner with our go-to-market leaders and finance teams to negotiate enterprise-level customer agreements that support Karat's sales cycles and capacity; collaborate with Product and Delivery teams on innovation, integrations, and delivery operations. • Contribute to an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive better outcomes; champion Karat's mission to provide efficient, effective, and equitable interview experiences.

Role Description Join our team as a Senior Counsel and Senior Director, Head of Global Labor and Employment at GoDaddy! In this role, you'll serve as the Head of Employment Legal, reporting to the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel – Risk & Compliance. You'll lead our global labor law function by coordinating a team spanning the U.S. and international markets—while staying actively involved in complex, high-impact employment matters. As our primary in-house expert on employment and labor law, you'll blend strategic leadership with hands-on execution. You'll operate at the executive level while directly advising on sensitive workforce issues that shape our business. This highly visible leadership role puts you at the center of setting and executing a global employment legal strategy across our multinational workforce. You'll partner closely with executive leadership, our broader Legal team, and People Operations to drive risk-informed decisions and support continued business growth. What you'll get to do: - Lead and coordinate all global workforce legal issues related to employee relations and labor matters across GoDaddy's corporate and international operations. - Build, develop, and inspire a distributed team of employment attorneys (U.S. and international), fostering alignment, accountability, and high performance. - Serve as a trusted advisor to our C-suite and executive leadership on workforce strategy, risk, and compliance. - Personally handle and closely advise on our most complex and sensitive matters, including executive-level issues, internal investigations, reorganizations, and reductions in force. - Develop and implement global employment policies, practices, and governance frameworks that align with local laws and company objectives. - Shape and deliver clear, practical legal guidance on employment risk to enable informed business decision-making. - Partner with our Litigation team to manage employment-related disputes, agency matters, and outside counsel strategy. - Drive a proactive, risk-based approach to employment law by monitoring legal developments and implementing scalable compliance solutions. - Advise on international labor matters, including works councils (e.g., Germany) and other jurisdiction-specific requirements. - Support global expansion, M&A, and organizational transformation initiatives from an employment law perspective. - Design and deliver training for leadership and People Operations on employment law, compliance, and risk mitigation. - Build and refine processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and consistency in how we deliver legal support to global employment. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and People Operations to ensure alignment on workforce-related risk. Qualifications - J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one state (Arizona, California, Texas, and/or Washington license(s) a plus). - 15 plus years of employment law experience, including significant in-house experience supporting a global organization. - Deep expertise in U.S. and international employment law, with demonstrated experience managing matters across multiple jurisdictions (EMEA and/or APAC). - Familiarity with works councils or similar labor structures (Germany experience preferred). - Proven leadership and executive partnership skills, with experience advising C-suite executives, influencing business decisions, and building and developing teams while staying hands-on in complex legal matters. - Strong experience navigating high-stakes employment issues, including sensitive employee relations challenges, workplace investigations, executive-level matters, and partnering with litigation teams and outside counsel on employment disputes. - Excellent judgment and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to balance legal risk with practical, result-focused solutions in a fast-paced environment. - Experience using technology and AI tools to improve legal service delivery preferred (willingness required). Requirements - Experience in technology, marketplace, or platform-based companies. Benefits - Paid time off. - Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes). - Bonus/incentive eligibility. - Equity grants. - Participation in our employee stock purchase plan. - Competitive health benefits. - Other family-friendly benefits including parental leave.

- Drafting, reviewing and/or negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, including supplier, licensing, data protection, payments and service agreements; - Helping in improving and development of legal templates, legal processes and procedures; - Support the management of disputes, claims, litigation cases; - Monitor and advise on regulatory requirements to the business, supporting compliant policy developments; - Advising on areas such as IP protection, tax, employment law, commercial law, and consumer protection law. - Providing practical, risk-based legal advice to internal stakeholders across departments; - Identifying legal risks and proposing mitigation strategies to support informed decision-making; - Working closely with data protection, AML, fraud and risk, finance, product and operations teams on day-to-day legal matters; - Assist with corporate governance matters, including board documentation, resolutions; - Support corporate structuring across jurisdictions;

• Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including NDAs, SaaS subscription agreements (MSAs), order forms, and DPAs. • Support Sales and Customer Success teams in closing deals efficiently while aligning with company risk guidelines. • Partner closely with Sales and RevOps to keep deals moving and unblock contract-related issues. • Use and help maintain standard templates, clause libraries, and negotiation guidelines. • Work with internal teams (Sales, RevOps, and Security/Privacy) to ensure contract terms align with our business and product.