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Sr. Lead Counsel, Labor & Employment
Pinterest INC · 🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA; Remote, US · Remote
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 218 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 53 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
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The US Department of Labor certified 218 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 53 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . The Employment Law Team at Pinterest provides strategic, practical counsel to the People Team and business leaders on workforce decisions across the employee lifecycle. We are looking for an experienced Senior Lead Counsel with a strong background in advising on complex employment matters to join our team. The position will serve as a trusted legal partner to the People Team and business leaders across Pinterest, helping navigate matters ranging from recruiting and organizational change to employee relations, compensation, benefits, and contingent workforces. This role will play an important part in enabling business objectives, managing legal and reputational risk, supporting Pinterest's values and culture, and helping build scalable policies and processes for a global workforce. What you'll do: • Serve as a trusted senior advisor to executives, People Team leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders on complex employment matters, such as workforce strategy, organizational change, global mobility, employee relations, accommodations, leaves, classification, and contingent workforces. • Independently assess complex and ambiguous legal and business risks, synthesize competing considerations, and provide decisive, practical recommendations aligned with Pinterest’s objectives. • Lead the development and implementation of employment-related agreements, policies, guidelines, and other legal documents and operating practices. • Develop and lead complex, cross-functional employment-law initiatives, including compliance programs, policy rollouts, process improvements, training, and other strategic People Team priorities. • Partner with senior stakeholders to identify emerging risks, set priorities, secure resources, and drive alignment and accountability across interconnected workstreams. • Manage significant employment disputes, litigation, agency investigations, and regulatory matters; develop practical resolution strategies that balance legal, business, employee-experience, and reputational considerations. • Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and legal work to budget, maintaining appropriate quality, efficiency, and strategic oversight. • Monitor developments in employment law and translate them into clear, actionable guidance, policies, training, and scalable business practices. • Act as an AI-forward legal partner by identifying responsible opportunities to use AI to improve legal research, risk spotting, workflow efficiency, knowledge management, and service delivery, while applying sound judgment regarding confidentiality, accuracy, bias, transparency, and human oversight. What we're looking