Senior Director, Employment Legal (EMEA and APAC)

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About the Role

As a Senior Director Employment Legal you’ll lead the employment legal function across our EMEA and APAC regions, providing strategic guidance to support a growing, dynamic, multinational workforce. We are looking for someone who is passionate about seeking new opportunities to create impactful work.

Responsibilities:

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  Lead, mentor, and develop the employment legal team, ensuring consistent, high-quality advice across regions and jurisdictions.

  
  


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  Align the global employment law strategy with EMEA and APAC requirements, business objectives, and company values.

  
  


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  Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on complex, high-impact employment matters.

  
  


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  Provide strategic legal guidance across EMEA and APAC on hiring, workforce management, and reorganisations.

  
  


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  Partner with colleagues in NAMER and LATAM to ensure global consistency of policies and stakeholder management.

  
  


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  Manage external legal counsel and develop a strategic framework for their engagement.

  
  


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  Design and implement employment policies, processes, and frameworks with appropriate local customisation.

  
  


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  Monitor employment law developments to ensure timely updates to internal policies and practices.

  
  


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  Oversee workplace investigations, employee complaints, disputes, and employment-related litigation.

  
  


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  Support complex cross-border matters, including post-merger integrations and workforce transitions.

  
  


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  Provide guidance on employee mobility, contractor classification, and immigration-related issues.

  
  


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  Deliver training programs for managers and HR partners on employment law topics and emerging risks.

  
  

About You The essentials:

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  Qualified lawyer in England & Wales (8+ PQE preferred).

  
  


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  Demonstrable experience working across multiple jurisdictions in APAC and EMEA.

  
  


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  A self-starter capable of shaping the direction of regional and global legal functions.

  
  


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  A strategic thinker able to give pragmatic and commercial advice in a fast-moving environment.

  
  


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  Working knowledge of employment laws across multiple jurisdictions in a global, matrixed organisation.

  
  


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  Significant prior in-house experience.

  
  


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  Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.

  
  


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  Employment litigation experience.

  
  

Not a must, but a plus:

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  Qualifications in other jurisdictions.

  
  


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  Experience managing employment matters in other regions (NAMER/LATAM).

  
  


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  Prior experience shaping regional or global employment legal functions.

  
  


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  Media/advertising industry experience.

  
  

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.  

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About Monks 

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.