Associate General Counsel, Employment Legal

Come join Intuit as an Assistant General Counsel, Employment Counsel! Our Employment Legal team finds innovative solutions, drives change, enables smart risk, and helps create the best possible experiences for Intuit’s workers, leaders, and the stakeholders we support. We partner closely with our US and global teams to develop and execute on Intuit’s most strategic workforce initiatives. We love finding ways that data and technology can make us and the company better at what we do.

As a senior member of the Employment Legal Team, you will partner with our People & Places and other leaders around the world to ensure Intuit’s employment strategy, programs, and policies are structured to accelerate our workforce strategy while complying with the law in all our jurisdictions. You will build stakeholder empathy by understanding and anticipating the needs of our stakeholders including People & Places and business leaders. We look at challenges as opportunities to find the best outcome for our stakeholders and enable them to take smart risks to paths forward.

This role is hybrid with on-site expectations of 3 days per week in Mountain View, CA or San Diego, CA. We prioritize being together to promote connection and belonging, creativity and innovation, as well as speed, agility, and productivity to accelerate getting work done.

Responsibilities

• Advise the People & Places team on all employment legal matters in assigned business unit(s), covering the entirety of the employment lifecycle from recruiting to separation 

• Serve as strategic legal partner for assigned centralized subject matters, including:

  • Global benefits: advising on health and welfare plans, ERISA compliance, and 401(k) compliance, working with outside benefits counsel as needed

  • Leaves of absence and accommodations policies and day-to-day support

  • Performance and promotion programs

  • Immigration escalations and policies, working with external immigration counsel

  • APAC (India and Australia), liaising with local counsel

• Represent Intuit in employment claims, managing outside litigation counsel as needed

• Support and/or lead special projects and initiatives 

• Deliver clear, practical, and business-oriented advice to enable smart risk-taking 

• Partner closely with Employment Legal team members to drive consistency, share expertise, and deliver coordinated support across client groups

• Build strong cross-functional partnerships and influence senior stakeholders 

• Use AI responsibly and proficiently to accelerate work flow and scale Legal services

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience advising on complex global workforce issues

• In-house experience, preferably at a technology company

• Experience with the employee benefits, including health and welfare plans, ERISA and 401(k) compliance, and executive compensation

• Extensive experience with M&A and workforce restructuring

• Strong employment litigation background 

• Proficiency in advising on and using generative AI 

• International experience preferred

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others in a team environment 

• Ability to serve as a strategic advisor and influence successful outcomes with minimal supervision

• Excellent in-house judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives

• Clear and concise communicator, with experience interfacing with senior executives

• JD and active bar membership (California preferred)

• Strong personal ethical code and integrity; deep respect for privacy and confidentiality

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is: 

Mountain View: 266,000 - 360,000

San Diego: 245,000 - 332,000