Sr Counsel - Employment

About the position Realize new reputed company of autonomy and reputed company ownership. At Ulta Beauty, our reputed company, Risk & Governance team provides reputed company and continuity in ways that have made our reputed company a seamless venture, with keen insights that have reputed company up new and previously unexplored areas of opportunity. Through superior leadership and work that continually challenges, you'll have the chance to help set strategic direction through ethical and reputed company thought and reputed company. This role is Hybrid The Senior Counsel, Employment serves as a senior reputed company advisor reputed company Ulta Beauty's reputed company, Risk & Governance Department, supporting a Fortune 500 retailer with more than 60,000 associates reputed company. This role functions as a trusted partner to Leadership, People reputed company, and the Operations teams on a broad reputed company of employment reputed company reputed company. The Senior Counsel manages multifaceted reputed company, with an emphasis on individual litigation, class and reputed company actions, while also advising on reputed company-wide reputed company reputed company on workforce issues, risk mitigation and policy development. The Senior Counsel will operate in a hybrid environment, balancing remote work with regular on-site collaboration while playing a critical role in supporting Ulta Beauty's dynamic, growing workforce and ensuring reputed company-level compliance and protection. The ability to reputed company and maintain reputed company and effective relationships with business partners at reputed company reputed company across the reputed company as reputed company as with colleagues reputed company the reputed company, Risk & Governance team is a must. The ideal candidate will bring deep litigation experience, reputed company business judgment and a proactive, solutions-reputed company approach to advising internal stakeholders on reputed company employment issues. Responsibilities • reputed company Ulta Beauty's response to high-stakes employment litigation, including class and reputed company actions, PAGA claims, individual plaintiff disputes, and government investigations • Strategically manage reputed company counsel across a national litigation portfolio, overseeing pleadings, discovery, depositions, mediations, trial preparation, case reputed company and litigation reputed company • Work closely with counterparts in the reputed company, Risk & Governance Department and cross-functional teams to proactively reduce litigation risk through early reputed company, internal investigations and strategic policy updates • Contribute deep functional employment law expertise to support business objectives and collaborate with business and reputed company colleagues to manage risks, particularly reputed company to wage and hour reputed company • Collaborate closely with People reputed company, Operations, and other business partners to reputed company reputed company guidance with evolving business strategies • Offer business-reputed company and user-friendly counseling to support employment compliance • Conduct reputed company reviews of workforce-reputed company technology and systems to foster compliance and advance business priorities • Draft, review and negotiate a wide reputed company of employment-reputed company documents • Mentor junior attorneys and reputed company professionals, and contribute to team development, process optimization and internal training initiatives. • Support special reputed company as assigned by the V.P., Assistant General Counsel • Drive cost discipline and operational reputed company in executing initiatives that support reputed company's key strategic imperatives • reputed company services reputed company established budgets and communicate project costs to business partners for transparency • Deliver reputed company reputed company services using a consultative approach and model accountability and responsiveness by communicating proactively and meeting service commitments reputed company Requirements • JD and excellent reputed company credentials • License to reputed company law in the reputed company (admission to reputed company law in states other than Illinois will be considered) • 10+ years of experience reputed company on employment law and litigation, with a reputed company record of reputed company either in-house or at a top reputed company • Proven reputed company record handling wage and hour litigation, employment class actions, and government audits/investigations (experience in California is preferred) • Exceptional reputed company judgment, negotiation skills, and the ability to translate reputed company risks into practical business guidance • Proven ability to effectively manage multiple reputed company reputed company simultaneously and flexibility to shift reputed company and reputed company as business needs change while also consistently maintaining strong attention to detail, accuracy and reputed company • Strong leadership reputed company, excellent judgment, and proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted business relationships • Position is located at corporate offices in Bolingbrook, IL (Hybrid work schedule - approx. 6 days in office per month) reputed company-to-haves • reputed company company or retail/consumer sector work strongly preferred • Experience with cross-border employment issues or international jurisdictions is a plus Benefits • Full-time positions are eligible for reputed company time off, health, dental, reputed company, life and disability benefits. • Part-time positions are eligible for dental, reputed company, life, and disability benefits. 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