Corporate Counsel, Cloud Global Strategic Initiatives, Hardware

Corporate Counsel, Cloud Global Strategic Initiatives, Hardware

Location:

Washington D.C., DC, USA;
Seattle, WA, USA;
Austin, TX, USA;
Chicago, IL, USA. Washington state law benefits apply. Eligible US‑based employees receive comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid time off (20 days vacation, 40 hours sick time), maternity and baby bonding leave, and 13 paid holidays.

• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or authorized to practice law in the state where the position is located.
• 7+ years attorney‑level experience in government, in‑house, or at a law firm.
• Experience advising clients in structuring commercial transactions, including agreements providing for network capacity and IP ownership frameworks.
• Experience drafting and negotiating service 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, managing several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, able to articulate concepts to diverse audiences.

• Advanced experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems, and influencing stakeholders.
• Deep expertise in domain.

• 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 executives from other Google product areas to structure and negotiate cross‑product area partnerships.
• Support 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 meaningful way. Advise business clients, finance, and other stakeholders on legal issues and risks, approval processes, company policies and procedures, IP and business strategy.

Google is a global company and, to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise.

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