Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Sales, Marketing, & Global Services
About The Position
Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented commercial attorney to support the Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) Sales, Marketing, and Global Services legal team. This Associate Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership, support complex cloud technology transactions, and find and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base. This role will have primary transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals (including highly-complex, high-value, strategic negotiations), and provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance for business team members. This role will also participate in other AWS legal workstreams, including managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, advising on risk related to new business initiatives, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. The successful candidate works well within a large legal team, but is also able to work independently on transactional and project work.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- 2+ years of legal experience
Nice To Haves
- Experience with in-house work at a technology or internet company
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing services or equivalent
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership
- Support complex cloud technology transactions
- Find and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base
- Transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals (including highly-complex, high-value, strategic negotiations)
- Provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance for business team members
- Managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships
- Advising on risk related to new business initiatives
- Handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries
Benefits
- full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
