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Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
As Executive Legal Counsel, you will serve as the senior-most employment lawyer dedicated to North America (U.S. Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica), leading on all employment-related legal matters across the region.
You will be a trusted advisor to senior business and HR leaders, embedded in decision-making on complex, high-impact people topics. As advances in artificial intelligence reshape how organizations recruit, develop, manage and support their workforce, you will help BCG navigate an evolving employment landscape with sound legal judgment, balancing innovation with legal compliance, responsible governance and the firm's values.
Operating at the intersection of employment law, business strategy and emerging technology, you will advise on the legal implications of AI-enabled employment practices while recognizing where human judgment, fairness and legal oversight remain essential. Your guidance will help BCG adopt new ways of working responsibly while supporting business growth, protecting our people and maintaining trust.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead all employment legal matters across North America, covering the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, performance management, investigations, restructurings and exits.
- Act as the primary legal advisor on complex and high-risk employment matters, including litigation, regulatory issues, internal investigations and sensitive employee relations matters.
- Partner closely with senior business leaders and HR to shape decisions that balance legal risk, commercial priorities and an exceptional employee experience.
- Advise senior leaders on the employment law implications of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled workforce practices, ensuring legal, regulatory and ethical considerations are incorporated into business decisions.
- Partner with HR, Digital and business leaders to establish governance approaches that support the responsible adoption of AI across the employee lifecycle while balancing innovation, legal risk and appropriate human oversight.
- Monitor emerging employment legislation, regulatory developments and case law relating to artificial intelligence, workplace technologies and automated decision-making, translating legal developments into practical guidance for the business.
- Drive the development and evolution of employment policies and practices to ensure they remain aligned with changing regulatory requirements, evolving workforce expectations and advances in technology.
- Lead and develop a team of employment lawyers while overseeing external counsel strategy and ensuring high-quality legal support across the region.
- Support strategic business initiatives, including reorganizations, acquisitions, divestitures and expansion into new markets.
- Enhance how employment legal services are delivered by identifying opportunities to leverage legal technology, AI-enabled tools and data responsibly, while ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, consistency and legal defensibility.
What You'll Bring
- Significant experience in employment law (typically 12–15+ years), with a combination of in-house and leading law firm experience preferred.
- Deep expertise in U.S. employment law; experience advising on Canadian employment law is strongly preferred.
- Exceptional legal judgment and experience managing complex, high-profile employment matters with significant business impact.
- Strong understanding of how artificial intelligence and emerging workplace technologies are reshaping employment law, workforce governance and regulatory expectations, with the judgment to distinguish where AI can enhance decision-making and where human legal oversight remains essential.
- Proven ability to influence senior executives and build trusted relationships across a sophisticated, global organization.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing legal teams while fostering collaboration, inclusion and continuous development.
- Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, practical advice that enables informed business decisions.
Who You'll Work With
You will join BCG's Legal function and work closely with colleagues across Legal, Human Resources, Risk, Compliance and business leadership. In this role, you will partner with senior stakeholders across North America to advise on the firm's most complex employment matters while helping shape the future of work at BCG.
You will collaborate with leaders across People, Digital and business teams to navigate evolving employment laws, emerging workforce technologies and organizational transformation. Together, you will help ensure BCG continues to adopt innovative ways of working responsibly, balancing legal compliance, business objectives and an outstanding employee experience.
Additional info
What You'll Achieve
- Shape and enable BCG's people strategy across North America through trusted legal counsel.
- Help position BCG to respond confidently to the evolving employment law landscape as AI and emerging technologies transform the workplace.
- Reduce legal and regulatory risk while enabling innovation, business growth and organizational transformation.
- Strengthen consistency, fairness and responsible governance across employment practices throughout the region.
- Build enduring partnerships with senior leaders as a trusted advisor on critical people and business decisions.
- Advance the evolution of BCG's employment legal function through thoughtful use of technology, scalable legal solutions and continuous improvement.
*** For US locations only ***
In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role begins at $280,000 in our lowest cost US region and goes up to $325,000 in our highest cost US region. Your recruiting contact can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 45% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 10%. Senior Directors are also eligible for a Firm Performance Bonus.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
Locations: Boston | Atlanta
Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
As Executive Legal Counsel, you will serve as the senior-most employment lawyer dedicated to North America (U.S. Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica), leading on all employment-related legal matters across the region.
You will be a trusted advisor to senior business and HR leaders, embedded in decision-making on complex, high-impact people topics. As advances in artificial intelligence reshape how organizations recruit, develop, manage and support their workforce, you will help BCG navigate an evolving employment landscape with sound legal judgment, balancing innovation with legal compliance, responsible governance and the firm's values.
Operating at the intersection of employment law, business strategy and emerging technology, you will advise on the legal implications of AI-enabled employment practices while recognizing where human judgment, fairness and legal oversight remain essential. Your guidance will help BCG adopt new ways of working responsibly while supporting business growth, protecting our people and maintaining trust.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead all employment legal matters across North America, covering the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, performance management, investigations, restructurings and exits.
- Act as the primary legal advisor on complex and high-risk employment matters, including litigation, regulatory issues, internal investigations and sensitive employee relations matters.
- Partner closely with senior business leaders and HR to shape decisions that balance legal risk, commercial priorities and an exceptional employee experience.
- Advise senior leaders on the employment law implications of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled workforce practices, ensuring legal, regulatory and ethical considerations are incorporated into business decisions.
- Partner with HR, Digital and business leaders to establish governance approaches that support the responsible adoption of AI across the employee lifecycle while balancing innovation, legal risk and appropriate human oversight.
- Monitor emerging employment legislation, regulatory developments and case law relating to artificial intelligence, workplace technologies and automated decision-making, translating legal developments into practical guidance for the business.
- Drive the development and evolution of employment policies and practices to ensure they remain aligned with changing regulatory requirements, evolving workforce expectations and advances in technology.
- Lead and develop a team of employment lawyers while overseeing external counsel strategy and ensuring high-quality legal support across the region.
- Support strategic business initiatives, including reorganizations, acquisitions, divestitures and expansion into new markets.
- Enhance how employment legal services are delivered by identifying opportunities to leverage legal technology, AI-enabled tools and data responsibly, while ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, consistency and legal defensibility.
What You'll Bring
- Significant experience in employment law (typically 12–15+ years), with a combination of in-house and leading law firm experience preferred.
- Deep expertise in U.S. employment law; experience advising on Canadian employment law is strongly preferred.
- Exceptional legal judgment and experience managing complex, high-profile employment matters with significant business impact.
- Strong understanding of how artificial intelligence and emerging workplace technologies are reshaping employment law, workforce governance and regulatory expectations, with the judgment to distinguish where AI can enhance decision-making and where human legal oversight remains essential.
- Proven ability to influence senior executives and build trusted relationships across a sophisticated, global organization.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing legal teams while fostering collaboration, inclusion and continuous development.
- Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, practical advice that enables informed business decisions.
Who You'll Work With
You will join BCG's Legal function and work closely with colleagues across Legal, Human Resources, Risk, Compliance and business leadership. In this role, you will partner with senior stakeholders across North America to advise on the firm's most complex employment matters while helping shape the future of work at BCG.
You will collaborate with leaders across People, Digital and business teams to navigate evolving employment laws, emerging workforce technologies and organizational transformation. Together, you will help ensure BCG continues to adopt innovative ways of working responsibly, balancing legal compliance, business objectives and an outstanding employee experience.
Additional info
What You'll Achieve
- Shape and enable BCG's people strategy across North America through trusted legal counsel.
- Help position BCG to respond confidently to the evolving employment law landscape as AI and emerging technologies transform the workplace.
- Reduce legal and regulatory risk while enabling innovation, business growth and organizational transformation.
- Strengthen consistency, fairness and responsible governance across employment practices throughout the region.
- Build enduring partnerships with senior leaders as a trusted advisor on critical people and business decisions.
- Advance the evolution of BCG's employment legal function through thoughtful use of technology, scalable legal solutions and continuous improvement.
*** For US locations only ***
In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role begins at $280,000 in our lowest cost US region and goes up to $325,000 in our highest cost US region. Your recruiting contact can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 45% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 10%. Senior Directors are also eligible for a Firm Performance Bonus.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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Document your bar admissions and equivalency
Foreign law degrees often require a credential evaluation before USCIS accepts them as equivalent to a U.S. J.D. Get a course-by-course evaluation from a NACES-member evaluator before your employer starts the PERM process to avoid delays at the I-140 stage.
Target in-house counsel roles at large employers
Corporate legal departments at publicly traded companies file PERM petitions routinely and have dedicated immigration counsel or HR teams who understand the process. Outside law firm associate roles are less commonly sponsored because partnership-track positions raise PERM audit concerns around job duties.
Verify the job description matches PERM requirements
PERM requires the posted job duties to reflect what you actually do daily. If your employer lists duties that are narrower than your real scope, an audit can invalidate the entire certification. Review the draft job description carefully before DOL posting begins.
Search for green card sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Legal Counsel roles by employers with active PERM and I-140 filing history, so you spend your job search targeting companies that already sponsor rather than asking HR departments to start from scratch.
Understand the PERM prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL-certified prevailing wage for your SOC code and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III wage for your metro area before salary discussions so you know the floor the petition legally requires.
File the I-140 concurrently if your priority date is current
Once PERM is certified, your employer can file the I-140 immediately. If your country of birth has a current EB-2 or EB-3 priority date, you may be able to file the I-485 adjustment of status concurrently, shaving months off your total wait time.
Green Card Legal Counsel: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Legal Counsel roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most in-house Legal Counsel positions qualify under EB-2 because they require a J.D. or equivalent advanced degree. If the role is classified as requiring only a bachelor's degree plus law license, EB-3 professional applies instead. Your employer's immigration attorney will determine the correct category based on the actual minimum requirements written into the PERM job description.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from an H-1B for a Legal Counsel role?
The H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa capped at 85,000 annually, subject to lottery selection, and tied to a specific employer term. PERM sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six months to a year before USCIS even begins adjudicating the I-140, so total processing often runs two to five years for applicants from low-backlog countries.
Can a foreign-trained lawyer get a green card through employment as Legal Counsel?
Yes, but credential documentation matters. USCIS requires that your foreign law degree be evaluated as equivalent to a U.S. J.D. or bachelor's degree, depending on the EB category. You'll also need evidence of bar admission in at least one U.S. state or the District of Columbia if the job description requires it, since PERM regulations prohibit impossible-to-meet requirements that screen out otherwise qualified U.S. workers.
Where can I find Legal Counsel jobs that sponsor green cards?
Use Migrate Mate to search Legal Counsel positions filtered by employers with documented PERM and I-140 sponsorship history. Targeting companies that have already completed PERM filings for similar roles significantly shortens the timeline from offer to petition, because the employer's legal and HR infrastructure is already in place rather than being built around your case.
What happens to my green card process if I change employers before the I-485 is approved?
If your I-140 has been approved for more than 180 days and your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, AC21 portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupational classification without starting over. For Legal Counsel roles, moving to another in-house counsel or legal advisory position generally satisfies the same-or-similar standard, but your immigration attorney should review the new job duties against the approved petition before you resign.