Assistant General Counsel Labor and Employment
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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About the Role
You will advise on labor and employment matters across a global workforce, including worker classification, separations, executive compensation, wage-and-hour issues, privacy, investigations, and disputes. You will support acquisitions and workforce integration, manage outside counsel, develop policies and training, and establish AI-enabled legal workflows.
Requirements
- 10+ years of legal experience advising on US and international employment, labor, and executive compensation matters
- In-house and law-firm experience with high-growth and large-enterprise companies
- International labor and employment law and drafting experience
- Experience with acquisition due diligence and post-closing workforce integration
- Experience with compensation plans and employee and candidate data privacy
- Active license to practice law in at least one US state or eligibility as registered in-house counsel
- Proficiency using generative AI tools in legal work
- Knowledge of confidentiality, privilege, and personal-data protections
Responsibilities
- Advise on worker classification, employee separations, executive compensation, compensation plans, and wage-and-hour matters
- Advise on trade secrets and restrictive covenants
- Support labor and employment due diligence and post-closing workforce integration
- Advise on global workforce expansion, EOR, direct employment, mobility, and contingent-workforce matters
- Develop policies, procedures, and related training
- Advise on employee and candidate data privacy
- Support workplace investigations and employee relations matters
- Manage outside counsel for employment matters and disputes
- Build AI-enabled workflows and guardrails for legal work
- Monitor global labor and employment trends
Benefits
- Bonus program
- Equity program
- Wellness allowance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)