Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services

Amazons Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Sales Marketing and Global Services legal team. This Associate Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership support complex cloud technology transactions and find and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base. This role will have primary transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals (including highly-complex high-value strategic negotiations) and provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance for business team members. This role will also participate in other AWS legal workstreams including managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships advising on risk related to new business initiatives and advising on pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate must be inquisitive enthusiastic about technology enjoy being continually challenged and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. The successful candidate works well within a large legal team but is also able to work independently on transactional and project work.

- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- 2 years of legal experience

- Experience with in-house work at a technology or internet company
- Knowledge of and experience with cloud infrastructure technologies
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Santa Monica - 131500.00 - 178000.00 USD annually