Senior Legal Counsel

Megaport • Washington, WA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Megaport is seeking a senior technology lawyer to join its global Legal team. This role will focus on supporting complex commercial arrangements and high-priority initiatives, particularly within the company's high-growth compute division. Reporting to and working closely with the Chief Legal Officer (CLO), the Senior Legal Counsel will partner directly with Megaport's senior leadership on critical commercial and strategic legal matters. The role involves early engagement in opportunities to help the business navigate commercial structures, risk allocation, and execution paths. Key responsibilities include advising on major technology partnerships, strategic customer and supplier agreements, infrastructure and capacity deals, new product launches, and other strategic initiatives driven by the CLO and senior leadership. This position is not primarily a high-volume contract review role, but rather focuses on unusual, high-value matters requiring a deep understanding of commercial drivers and the ability to help senior stakeholders close deals efficiently.

Requirements

• Significant post-qualification experience as a lawyer (between 7-10 years), ideally including a substantial portion working in-house in a technology, data centre, cloud, telecommunications, infrastructure, or SaaS environment.
• Admission and good standing in at least one US jurisdiction.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, high-value, or strategically important commercial transactions with sophisticated counterparties.
• Strong technology transactions experience, with comfort in understanding the details of technology and infrastructure arrangements and how the underlying commercial and technical model affects the contract.
• Experience working directly with C-suite executives and senior business leaders, with the confidence to challenge constructively, exercise judgment, and provide clear recommendations.
• Exceptional commercial judgment, understanding the business's risk appetite and distinguishing between genuinely important legal issues and those that can be managed pragmatically.
• Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to effectively engage with experienced legal, commercial, and executive teams at large global technology companies.
• Excellent drafting skills, particularly for bespoke transaction requirements beyond standard templates.
• A strong bias toward plain English, practical, and commercial advice and solutions.
• The ability to take an ambiguous problem, determine the necessary steps, and drive it to a conclusion with a high degree of independence.
• Intellectual curiosity and an interest in technology; a desire to understand how products, infrastructure, and commercial models function.
• Strong stakeholder instincts, with the ability to build credibility quickly, read the room, and adapt communication styles for different audiences (engineers, sales leaders, external lawyers, executives).
• The ability to manage multiple significant matters simultaneously across different jurisdictions and time zones while maintaining focus on commercial importance.
• High levels of integrity, discretion, and professional judgment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, Network as a Service, telecommunications, data centres, AI infrastructure, or adjacent technology sectors.
• Experience negotiating with hyperscalers or other major global technology companies.
• Experience with strategic alliances, joint go-to-market arrangements, capacity or infrastructure agreements, complex procurement arrangements, or new product launches.
• Exposure to corporate transactions, investments, acquisitions, or other strategic corporate projects.
• Experience working in a fast-growing, global, or publicly listed technology company.

Responsibilities

• Support complex and strategic transactions for data centre procurement and customer agreements, moving quickly through negotiation to execution.
• Partner directly with the Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership, and other senior stakeholders on high-priority legal matters, primarily focused on supporting the compute division.
• Advise on the legal and commercial structure of strategic partnerships involving cloud, networking, data centres, infrastructure, compute, storage, software, and other technology services.
• Lead negotiations with sophisticated counterparties, including global technology companies, cloud providers, infrastructure providers, strategic partners, major enterprise customers, and suppliers.
• Advise on technology, data, privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and regulatory issues arising from strategic transactions.
• Support the CLO, and work closely with legal team leaders, on special projects and strategic initiatives, including commercially sensitive or confidential matters requiring a high degree of judgment.
• Act as a trusted senior member of the Legal team and a sounding board for colleagues dealing with complex commercial issues.
• Provide support to the broader global legal team during busy periods.
• Identify opportunities to simplify work processes, improve contracting approaches, and facilitate business execution without compromising on critical aspects.

Benefits

• Flexible working environment – a remote-first culture with coworking options available.
• Generous leave plans – including 4 weeks of paid annual leave, parental leave, birthday leave, and a purchased annual leave program.
• Health and wellness support – through a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives.
• Comprehensive learning support – generous study and training allowance plus 5 days of paid study leave.
• Creative, modern workspaces – designed to inspire when you're not working remotely.
• Motivated, inclusive team – work alongside industry experts and fresh talent.
• Recognition programs – celebrate achievements with our Legend and Kudos awards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed