Associate Corporate Counsel (Contract)
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Job Location:
San Jose, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 58 - 64
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Associate Corporate Counsel with 0-2 years of experience to provide comprehensive legal support across various areas including commercial contracts/tech transactions data privacy artificial intelligence (AI) compliance product vehicle operations litigation procurement employment and operations. This role requires an individual who can balance legal expertise with practical business-oriented solutions working closely with internal stakeholders in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
Onsite presence in one of our office locations (Ann Arbor Atlanta or San Jose) is preferred with a hybrid schedule of 34 days per week on site. This role is open to remote work within the U.S.
Relocation assistance is not available.
Job Responsibilities:
- Support Engineering & Product Teams: Provide legal counsel and strategic advice to engineering and product development teams ensuring that legal considerations are integrated into the design development and deployment of new technologies.
- Contract Negotiation & Drafting: Negotiate draft and review commercial contracts including tech licensing agreements service agreements procurement/vendor agreements NDAs development agreements proofs of concept evaluation and technology transfer agreements.
- Data Privacy & Security: Ensure compliance with relevant data protection laws and regulations (e.g. GDPR CCPA) in the development and operation of our products and services.
- Employment: Provide advice on employment law matters including employee relations investigations and workplace policies.
- Litigation: Provide litigation support including fact gathering development of litigation strategy outside counsel management and internal litigation tracking.
- AI & Emerging Technologies: Advise on legal issues related to AI including ethical considerations IP and proposed legislation and regulations. Conduct legal research on new and emerging technologies and issues impacting the company. Provide risk assessments and practical legal solutions to business challenges.
- General Legal Support: Provide legal counsel on a wide variety of corporate matters including corporate governance operations regulatory compliance and corporate policies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 0-2 years of law firm and/or in-house experience.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and admission to practice law and in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar (California Michigan or Georgia preferred)
- Strong legal research and writing problem-solving and oral communication skills.
- Ability to distill complex legal concepts into clear and concise business-friendly advice.
- Proven ability to manage high-volume workflows and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Capacity to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Technical background not required but must take initiative to establish basic understanding of relevant software and hardware.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365; ability to quickly adapt to specialized systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Large law firm and/or in-house experience.
- Experience supporting complex litigation work (e.g. experience drafting complex motions declarations discovery requests and responses etc.).
- Experience working in global tech and/or automotive companies.
- Willingness to travel occasionally within the U.S. (California and Michigan) for in-person collaboration.
Required Experience:
IC
