Corporate Counsel

Join Amazons innovative EU legal team focused on enabling business growth through smart risk-takingempowering selling partners business customers and builders of the Amazon shopping experience to innovate and achieve global success while protecting customer brand and selling partner trust in our European stores.

Amazon is seeking an experienced lawyer to support our European Stores businesses on compliance efforts across a number of strategic product and environmental compliance and safety topics. The lawyer in this role has the exciting opportunity to advise and apply novel and evolving regulatory requirements for products sold in Europe with a particular emphasis on key horizontal laws including the New Legislative Framework Market Surveillance Regulation General Product Safety Regulation and Digital Services addition in this role you will lead on designing and implementing compliance strategies in Amazons EU Stores for emerging technology regulations including the EUs Data Act AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act.

Finally you will apply your broad regulatory knowledge base as the EU legal representative to a regulatory horizon scanning program tracking new EU and EU Member State regulations and their impact to particular youll have opportunities to develop and apply novel AI-driven solutions and leverage new and proprietary technology to simplify and scale best practices in this space.

Youll coordinate with Amazons public policy and legal teams and impacted business lines to manage the entire lifecycle of a policy initiativefrom early consultation to implementation. You will partner with our public policy teams to execute strategic advocacy campaigns with opportunities to interact with EU regulators and authorities. This role is at the forefront of anticipating how new WW and EU regulations will impact Amazon and shaping our response.

This role offers a unique opportunity to connect deeply with Amazons technology and operations support organizations that drive Amazons commitment to deliver trusted selection in our EU Stores and enable sellers with industry-leading compliance solutions. You will be a thought leader analyzing legislation frameworks and supporting our public policy advocacy while staying ahead of upcoming legislation and regularly applying new technologies. As a key player on our European legal team you will coordinate with lawyers worldwide and with Amazons business teams to make Amazon the safest and most trusted store on earth.

Key job responsibilities
Lead and evolve an EU-wide regulatory horizon scanning programdesigning the strategy governance and coordination model that connects Amazons EU legal team across jurisdictions to anticipate and respond to fast-moving EU regulatory change.
Drive innovation at the intersection of law and technology leveraging AI automation and data analytics to transform how the legal team monitors interprets and communicates emerging regulatory risks and opportunities.
Empower collaboration and information-sharing across the EU legal team building workflows that turn complex regulatory intelligence into actionable business value.
Establish durable mechanisms to simplify and help align the work of a diverse group of lawyers advising on the implementation of novel EU legislation.
Advise on the implementation of novel and innovative compliance solutions across Europe. Build processes that mitigate risk yet allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly.
Support business leaders and internal teams on compliance safety and environmental topics.
Collaborate with our public policy team to influence the shape of upcoming legislation.
Resolve issues that arise during regulatory interactions.
Develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative business-centric ways.


About the team
Meet team legal SPARX! We are a multi-pillar team supporting diverse business orgs within Amazons EU Stores including Selling Partners Amazon Business (our B2B service for enterprise customers) Regulatory Intelligence Safety and Compliance and shopping experience (delivering features to delight our customers). Our mission is to relentlessly prioritize customer safety and trustworthiness in our store empower selling partners and business customers to meet their legal obligations in a scalable and user-friendly way and cultivate constructive relationships with regulators and other external stakeholders. We also protect and future-proof the integrity and functionality of Amazons shopping experiences by advising on durable legal risk and compliance frameworks.

- License to practice law in Europe US or other common law jurisdiction
- 5 years post-qualification legal experience as a minimum.

- Knowledge of specific legal AI tools (like CoCounsel Spellbook or Harvey AI) and their benefits
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment
- Speak write and read fluently in French Spanish German or Italian

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