Principal Corporate Counsel

Microsoft • Washington, DC

3d • $132,200 - $248,600

About The Position

Microsoft’s Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA) AI & Research team is hiring a product attorney to support its AI-forward healthcare businesses. The role provides legal support to Microsoft’s healthcare product business and partners with engineering and business leaders developing AI-enabled products and services. It works at the intersection of frontier AI, product development, and healthcare, helping teams bring products to market and scale globally while managing relevant risks.

The portfolio includes AI and product counseling, healthcare-specific regulatory requirements, privacy, and transactional support for business development and product engineering teams. The position also contributes to CELA’s broader work on legal and policy issues arising from emerging AI technologies and Microsoft’s approach to responsible AI development and deployment.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree or international equivalent and at least 5 years of experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or in-house legal department, or equivalent experience.
• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and ability to meet admission requirements in the relevant jurisdiction.

Nice To Haves

• Team player who enjoys partnering with cross-functional teams to solve complex issues in a highly matrixed environment.
• Desire and ability to work as part of a diverse and inclusive team.
• Legal experience advising clients on healthcare AI and other cutting-edge AI and emerging technologies.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically, with a sense of humor.
• Ability to deliver impact through superior collaboration, independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to adapt to and facilitate team-based knowledge sharing in a flexible environment that emphasizes collaboration and team performance over management hierarchy.
• Highly motivated self-starter with demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, manage competing priorities, and stay calm under challenging circumstances.
• Aptitude for and interest in understanding technology, including a desire to apply technology and AI to improve the team’s legal work and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the Microsoft AI product engineering team and related engineering and business teams developing AI-enabled products and services.
• Provide strategic product counseling on emerging legal and regulatory issues involving AI and other frontier technologies, with particular responsibility for healthcare-specific laws, regulations, and requirements applicable to Microsoft’s regulated healthcare customers.
• Help clients develop creative, practical approaches that support innovation and global scale while appropriately managing legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.
• Collaborate with Microsoft subject-matter experts to interpret complex and evolving requirements and recommend a clear course of action to senior business and engineering leaders.
• Maintain trusted-advisor relationships with business clients, engineering leaders, and executives.
• Monitor developments across AI, healthcare regulation, privacy, and related fields and advise clients on implications for Microsoft’s products and strategy.
• Partner with colleagues across AI & Research CELA and the broader CELA organization to promote consistency in Microsoft’s approach to AI development and deployment, particularly where healthcare requirements intersect with broader emerging-technology issues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree