Microsoft · 1 day ago
Senior Corporate Counsel
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $258K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to join the Cloud + AI legal team, providing legal support for the Azure engineering group. The role involves offering legal advice on technology collaboration agreements and compliance, while fostering engagement with engineering clients to navigate complex legal issues.
Application Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentData ManagementDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Foster deep and high trust engagement as the key legal advisor with engineering clients to understand technical engineering concepts and strategy
Provide high-quality, pragmatic legal and business advice regarding a wide range of issues, including product development, security, privacy/data protection, trade, compliance, and intellectual property, often in collaboration with legal department colleagues and policy specialists
Draft and negotiate complex technology collaboration and licensing agreements
Provide thought leadership and counseling on emerging issues, help create and execute plans to achieve both short-term and long-term results, and communicate with key legal and business stakeholders
Analyze and work to solve complex and innovative issues
Collaborate effectively with colleagues across CELA and business clients on projects and initiatives
Develop and implement processes, template, track projects and share knowledge across the wider Microsoft legal community
Provide input and continuous feedback to improve process efficiencies within role
Identify opportunities and tools to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness
Manage project work expenses according to budget and propose efficiencies
Collaborate effectively within CELA and stakeholders across engineering, business development, finance, and sales functions
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney + OR equivalent experience
Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction
Preferred
3+ years' experience as an attorney advising on technology-related legal issues
Counseling engineering teams building products and services for sale to corporations or enterprises
Negotiation of complex technology licensing and collaboration agreements
Advising and collaborating with legal and business executives
Simplifying complex technical issues into easily understood concepts and recommendations
Managing multiple complex mission-critical projects
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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$1MKey Investors
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Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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