Counsel - AI Infrastructure and Strategic Transactions

Verizon•Basking Ridge, NJ

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Verizon is seeking an agile, forward-thinking, and experienced attorney to support its AI Connect initiatives. The role supports a dynamic, non-hierarchical team driving high-stakes commercial transactions with hyperscalers, enterprise customers, and strategic partners across Verizon Business. The Counsel will serve as a subject-matter expert on the evolving legal landscape, advise the AI Connect governance team, and help operationalize high-value agreements that enable enterprise customers to scale their artificial intelligence capabilities. The position bridges Legal, Technology, and executive leadership, requiring sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, strong communication, and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues at every organizational level. This is a hybrid role with a defined work location, a minimum of three days per week in the office, and the remainder working from home. The manager sets the work location. Scheduled weekly hours are 40.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
Active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
Six or more years of experience practicing law at a reputable law firm, technology company, and/or in-house corporate legal department.
Hands-on experience negotiating and drafting technology and commercial transactions.
Experience leading and advising matrixed client and stakeholder teams, such as tax, finance, engineering, transformation, and sales.

Nice To Haves

Proven track record structuring, negotiating, and advising on high-stakes data center commercial agreements, including site selection, permitting, rights-of-way, and other advanced technology deployments.
Strong background drafting and negotiating high-value technology licensing agreements, cloud services agreements, hardware/GPU agreements, and data usage terms.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with and advise colleagues at all organizational levels, including staff, SVPs, and EVPs.
Exceptional writing, presentation, and rapid briefing skills for executive-level updates.
Technical fluency and comfort communicating with developers, network engineers, strategic industry advisers, solutions architects, and sales, and translating technical and business concepts into practical legal advice.
Experience supporting and championing innovation, including demonstrated use of AI tools, workflows, and legal automation platforms.
Proven ability to manage high-volume, cross-disciplinary projects autonomously while working collaboratively.
Experience navigating technology transactions within regulated industries.

Responsibilities

Lead and collaborate across functions to enable the strategy, development, and deployment of Verizon’s AI Connect services.
Structure, draft, negotiate, and advise on high-value technology, real estate, and partnership agreements, including cloud infrastructure, hardware, GPU, and resale agreements.
Partner with the AI Connect Governance leadership team and provide proactive, practical advice on designing, implementing, and operationalizing commercial transaction processes and controls.
Monitor emerging AI regulations and policies, and collaborate with policy, state government and affairs, and regulatory leaders to advise on their potential impact on the AI Connect strategy.
Translate legal and regulatory trends into actionable reports, rapid briefings, and clear updates for business leaders, internal stakeholders, and executive leadership.
Partner with Legal, Technology, Risk, Security, and Sourcing teams to coordinate risk management across AI initiatives.
Create scalable guidance, playbooks, and training on AI best practices to support compliant commercialization of the AI Connect strategy.
Assist in tracking, organizing, and monitoring active transactions and legal matters across the AI Connect ecosystem.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Basic and supplemental life insurance
AD&D insurance
Identity theft protection
Pet insurance
Group home and auto insurance
Matched 401(k) savings plan
Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year
Up to 6 personal days per year
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Tuition assistance
Other incentives and an award-winning total rewards package
Potential premium pay, such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances, depending on the role
Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, increasing with additional service