Senior Counsel - Labor & Employment Law (Cambridge, MA)

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As Senior Counsel – Labor & Employment Law, you will report to the Head of Labor and Employment Law – US and be based in our Cambridge, MA office. You will join a busy, multidisciplinary legal team and work collaboratively across the Legal and People functions, as well as with business stakeholders in the U.S. and globally. In this role, you will advise on a broad range of employment law matters, including reasonable accommodation, performance improvement plans, restrictive covenants, labor issues, and other day-to-day risk mitigation issues. You will also partner with legal colleagues in Sales, Compliance, Privacy, and M&A while supporting Philips’ mission to provide better care for more people.

Targeted hire date January 4, 2027.

Your role:

• Advise the People Function and People Leaders on a broad range of employment law matters, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, discrimination, harassment, discipline, reductions in force, and restrictive covenants. Review, draft, and advise on HR policies and procedures for U.S. and global application. Develop and deliver employment law training.
• Manage labor-related legal matters, including advising on collective bargaining agreements, supporting grievance processes and related records, preparing for and conducting arbitrations, and developing and interpreting policies and programs for represented employees. Defend, supervise, and manage employment-related claims and litigation, including overseeing outside counsel, responding to administrative charges, complaints, attorney letters, settlement demands, and claims, and negotiating appropriate resolutions. Support efforts to maintain, assess, and remediate employment law, compensation, and benefits compliance issues affecting the company’s global operations.
• Advise on workforce transformations, organizational changes, acquisitions, and divestments. Monitor legislative and judicial developments to support ongoing compliance with multi-jurisdictional employment regulations. Support HR, Labor, Benefits and Immigration colleagues.

You're the right fit if:

• You have acquired 10+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience, with substantive experience supporting complex, multi-state labor and employment matters. A combination of law firm and in-house experience is preferred. Benefits law experience is a plus!
• Your skills include experience working successfully within a global, regulated organization; with the ability to analyze legal requirements and apply them to complex business situations. Additionally, you have experience with emerging legal technologies and AI applications in decision-making and legal operations
• You should also have strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Artificial Intelligence such as Co-Pilot and ChatGPT, required and Adobe, preferred.
• You have a J.D. from an accredited U.S. Law School and admission to at least one State Bar.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.  
• You're an excellent communicator (written and oral), with sound judgment, and the ability to build relationships and credibility as a trusted advisor. You possess interest in medical technology; a commitment to continuous improvement, as well as a collaborative approach and appreciation for colleagues.

How we work together 

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. 

This is an Office role.   

About Philips 

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. 

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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose. 
• Learn more about our culture.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA is $209,000 to $333,000.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.   

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives, may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here. 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Cambridge, MA.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.