Assistant General Counsel - Ventures & M&A

Micron Technology•San Jose, CA

9h•$212,000 - $372,000•Onsite

About The Position

Micron Technology’s Legal Department is hiring an Assistant General Counsel to join its Corporate Legal Team in San Jose. The role provides timely, high-quality legal assistance on transactions to the Corporate Development Team and other business groups, with a focus on venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, large-scale capital investments, and legal matters involving entities. The attorney will coordinate with specialists throughout the U.S. and EU and support transactions across planning, negotiation, signing, regulatory, and integration phases. The position also supports internal departments on legal matters, manages outside counsel and legal spend, develops transaction standards and playbooks, and identifies AI-enabled tools and workflows to improve diligence, contract work, and transaction management. Micron describes this as a full-time position and lists a U.S. base salary range of $212,000 to $372,000 per year. Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses, and equity.

Requirements

College degree (B.A. or B.S.) and Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from a top-tier, ABA-accredited law school.
Eight or more years of related experience at a law firm or in a corporate law department.
First-chair-level experience leading venture capital, M&A, and other significant transactions.
Ability to explain legal concepts to business partners and other non-lawyers and provide pragmatic legal and commercial advice.
Outstanding legal drafting and negotiation skills.
Confidence sharing and proposing ideas on legal issues to internal collaborators and external counsel or consultants.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to build strong working relationships across a variety of collaborator groups.
Ability to work independently and manage pressure, contribute within a team, and handle multiple tasks with an analytical and curious mindset.
Willingness to be present at specified locations and times to support global operations, potentially including evening or weekend hours.
Keen problem-solving approach that supports Micron’s business needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience working for a multinational corporation.

Responsibilities

Manage venture capital investments from beginning to end, including term sheets, due diligence, definitive agreements, board observer and information rights, subsequent funding rounds, portfolio oversight, and exits.
Prepare and negotiate contracts for mergers and acquisitions, asset and share transactions, and related matters, including transition services, consulting and employment, tax, and intellectual property license agreements.
Provide legal support throughout deals, from planning and negotiation through signing and post-signing regulatory and integration work in the U.S. and EU.
Direct and manage outside counsel and control legal spend.
Partner with subject matter experts and internal and external contributors across privacy, intellectual property, regulatory matters, tax, public policy, security, finance, sales, and procurement to align transactions with corporate strategy and policies.
Support HR, finance, accounting, tax, operations, investor relations, and other internal departments on legal matters as needed.
Develop standards, templates, and playbooks for M&A and venture transactions.
Identify and implement AI-enabled tools and workflows for deal diligence, contract review and drafting, and transaction management.