Manager, HUB – Legal Counsel (Employment)

Overview

Provide legal support to Haleon's Global Employment Legal team, focusing on global employment contracts, employment policies, multi-country employment law research and employee DSAR support.

What you'll do

• Lead on the legal aspects of developing and maintaining employment contract, offer letter and related employment documentation templates across Haleon markets.
• Research and analyse relevant local employment law requirements and identify key country-specific requirements or variations.
• Work with Global Employment Legal, local Legal and HR teams to support the review and lead on the drafting and appropriate localization of employment documentation.
• Facilitate periodic updates to employment documentation in response to relevant legal, policy or business changes.
• Provide employment law research and legal support for global employment policies, standards and projects.
• Support the review and updating of employment policies, guidance and related materials and lead on the drafting of updates.
• Work with local Legal and HR teams and Outside Counsel to understand relevant country-specific requirements and support appropriate implementation of global initiatives.
• Prepare practical legal research, summaries and comparative analysis where required.
• Develop and maintain employment law templates, precedents, country guidance, research materials and playbooks.
• Monitor relevant employment law developments and support appropriate updates to existing guidance and documentation.
• Contribute to the standardisation and continuous improvement of repeatable employment legal work.
• Provide legal research and project support to the Global Employment Legal team on other employment matters as required.
• As required, provide employment law support on employee Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), working with Employment Legal, Privacy and HR teams.
• Assist with the review of relevant information from an employment law perspective and identify matters requiring escalation to the appropriate counsel.
• Work collaboratively with Global Employment Legal, local Legal, HR and other relevant stakeholders to support effective delivery of employment legal initiatives.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to obtain local input, resolve queries and support timely completion of assigned work.

What you'll need

• Bachelor of Law (LL.B) or equivalent legal qualification.
• Qualified lawyer with approximately 8–10 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong experience in employment and labour law, including employment contracts, policies and employment-related advisory work.
• Proven track record of strong legal drafting skills.
• Strong legal research and analysis skills.
• Experience working with HR and Legal stakeholders.
• Ability to research and analyse employment law requirements across different jurisdictions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting multinational or multi-jurisdictional employment law matters.
• In-house experience within a multinational organisation and/or experience working in a legal shared services or global capability environment.
• Experience developing employment law templates, playbooks, policies or other standardised legal documentation.
• Exposure to employee privacy, DSARs, investigations, employee relations or employment litigation.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru Campus 31.
• Job posting end date: 2026-11-05.