Corporate Counsel, Cloud Global Strategic Initiatives, Hardware
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Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.
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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
7 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience advising clients in structuring commercial transactions, including agreements providing for network capacity and IP ownership frameworks.
Experience in drafting and negotiating services agreements, sales agreements, licenses, custom development and intellectual property agreements.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and manage competing priorities in a changing environment.
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, with the ability to articulate concepts to various audiences.
About the job
This role will support the Cloud Global Strategic Initiatives (GSI) team. You'll work closely with the GSI team to structure agreements establishing multi-year partnership and industry transformation goals with strategic customers. You will lead coordination and execution with other Cloud legal team members, regional legal teams, and legal colleagues from other Product Areas (PAs) and Bets. You'll brief the Cloud and Legal executive teams. Finally, you will establish, institutionalize, and scale legal processes and templates for winning customers.20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $239,000-$337,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with sophisticated enterprise customers, including agreements providing for network capacity.
Review, draft, and negotiate licenses, custom development, intellectual property agreements and cloud platform services agreements.
Coordinate with legal colleagues, business leads and execs from other Google product areas in structuring and negotiating cross-Product Area (PA) partnerships.
Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes for customer agreements.
Provide legal advice to teams such as Global Strategic Initiative Leads, Cloud Sales, Engineering, Marketing, and Communications summarizing and communicating legal concepts and risks in a way that is meaningful for business teams. Advise business clients, as well as finance and other stakeholders, on the legal issues and risks, approval processes, company policies and procedures, IP and business strategy.
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