Responsibilities:

Employment Law and Employee Relations

• Provide legal counsel on employee relations matters, including performance, discipline, separations, and accommodations

• Oversee and guide workplace investigations to ensure consistent, fair, and compliant outcomes

• Partner with HR leadership to design and maintain compliant policies, handbooks, and training, reflecting the challenges inherent in applying global rules in certain jurisdictions and translating across unique cultures

• Monitor developments in employment law at federal, state, and international levels to inform executive decision-making and ensure proactive compliance

• Manage employment litigation and pre-litigation matters, including oversight of outside counsel to ensure quality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness

Risk Management and Compliance

• Drive continuous improvement of global compliance program

• Oversee the Company’s ethics line, including intake, triage, investigation coordination, and resolution tracking

• Collaborate with Legal, HR, and Risk teams on sensitive workplace matters, regulatory inquiries, and enforcement of ethics code and anti-corruption policies

Compensation

• Lead the legal support for the Company’s various compensation programs, including bonus plans, commission plans, and equity compensation programs

• Partner with HR leadership to design compensation strategies compliant with global pay laws, including wage and hour, sales incentive, and pay transparency regulations

Strategic Leadership

• Advise the Chief People Officer, EVP GC, and other executives on employment law risk and workforce strategy, including communications support on change initiatives and major organizational updates

• Align workforce strategy with business and people objectives

• Translate legal requirements into actionable solutions that support business objectives and align local execution with global strategy

• Represent CyrusOne with regulators and external stakeholders as needed

• Mentor and develop HR and Legal team members to enhance employment law capability

Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of employment law experience, including at least 3 years in a senior in-house counsel or law firm partner role

• Expertise in complex employee relations, workplace investigations, and litigation strategy

• Proven experience advising executives and managing sensitive workplace issues

• Background in technology, real estate, or data center industries preferred

• International experience preferred

• Strong strategic and business acumen with the ability to balance risk and opportunity

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with executives and employees at all levels

• High integrity, discretion, and sound judgment

• Leadership presence with the ability to mentor and develop others

• Commitment to CyrusOne’s CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, & Excellence

Education / Certifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school

• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar, with preference for Texas