Counsel - AI Infrastructure and Strategic Transactions

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What You’ll Be Doing...Verizon is seeking an agile, forward-thinking, and experienced attorney to support our groundbreaking AI Connect initiatives. In this role, you will support a dynamic, non-hierarchical team responsible for driving high-stakes commercial transactions with hyperscalers, enterprise customers, and strategic partners across the full breadth and scope of Verizon Business. You will serve as a central subject-matter expert, guiding the company through the complex and evolving legal landscape expected to grow revenue and transform Verizon.

From advising the AI Connect governance team to operationalizing  high-value agreements that allow enterprise customers to scale their artificial intelligence capabilities, you will be a decision maker and part of a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative, agile and mission-focused team.

The ideal candidate is a skilled practitioner with sound judgment, deep intellectual curiosity, and impeccable communication skills who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You operate effectively in a non- hierarchical setting, demonstrating the flexibility to converse, collaborate, and advise colleagues at every level—from staff members to SVPs and EVPs. You will be a key advisor, bridging the gap between our legal department, technology teams, and executive leaders, with outstanding writing, presentation, and fast briefing capabilities for leadership.

Key Responsibilities will include:

Strategic Advisor:
Leading as well as collaborating across functions to enable the strategy, development, and deployment of Verizon’s AI Connect services.

Complex Technology Transactions:
Structuring, drafting, negotiating, and advising on a wide range of high-value technology, real estate, and partnership agreements that underpin our AI ecosystem, including cloud infrastructure, hardware, GPU, and resale agreements.

Commercial Governance & Operationalization:
Partnering with and providing proactive, practical advice to the AI Connect Governance leadership team to enable the expedient design, implementation, and operationalization of processes and controls related to commercial transactions.

Regulatory & Policy Strategy:
Proactively monitoring and collaborating with leaders in policy, state government and affairs, and regulatory to deliver comprehensive advice around current and emerging AI regulations and policies that can negatively and positively impact the  AI Connect strategy.

Reporting & Executive Insights:
Translating emerging legal and regulatory trends into actionable reports, rapid briefings, and clear updates for key business leaders, internal stakeholders, and executive leadership.

Cross-Functional

Risk Management:

Partnering across Legal, Technology, Risk, Security, and Sourcing teams to ensure a unified approach to risk management for all AI initiatives.

Compliance Training & Business Enablement:
Creating scalable guidance, playbooks, and training on AI best practices to empower the rapid and compliant commercialization of the AI Connect strategic vision Transaction Tracking & Management:
Assisting in tracking, organizing, and…