Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal
About The Position
Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support our Amazon Web Services (AWS) product development teams. AWS is at the forefront of the cloud computing industry, providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, artificial intelligence and machine learning, agentic AI and more. We're looking for a products counseling attorney to support AWS’s healthcare and life science business. In this role, you will work directly with the business team as lead counsel to develop AWS AI products and services at the intersection of emerging agentic technology and the future of healthcare. Your role will give you the opportunity to work with a variety of stakeholders, including public policy, privacy, marketing and go-to-market teams. You will develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative, business-centric ways, and you will build processes that address risk and allow the business to innovate and scale quickly. The successful candidate will be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy working hard and being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. Lawyers at Amazon are trusted members of the business. Our work is intellectually challenging, exciting, and fast-paced. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business.
Requirements
- 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- Experience in health care regulatory compliance and/or health tech
Nice To Haves
- Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
- Experience in transactional and technology licensing or equivalent
Responsibilities
- Identifying legal risks and proposing mitigation strategies
- Advising on healthcare and life science regulatory and compliance matters, privacy, intellectual property, and go-to-market strategy
- Drafting and negotiating commercial licensing agreements
- Providing day-to-day input on business strategy
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
