Amazon

Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Amazon$120K — $160K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of post-bar admission legal experience
  • Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar
  • Ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Effective communication skills and experience working cross-functionally

Responsibilities

  • Support specialist sales, business development, and partner network teams with strategic legal insights
  • Collaborate cross-functionally on sales programs and initiatives
  • Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders for legal alignment
  • Negotiate and draft complex enterprise and technology agreements
  • Provide legal counsel on policy, regulatory, and compliance matters

Benefits

  • Access and visibility to legal and business leadership
  • Engagement in team-wide meetings and collaborative projects
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse and fast-paced legal team
  • Involvement in building, innovating, and simplifying for business partners
  • Path for continuous learning and growth in a supportive environment
Full Job Description
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Legal team is looking for a talented attorney to support AWS, Amazon's dynamic and rapidly growing business at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry.

This Associate Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders and will support AWS's specialist sales, business development, and partner network teams. The successful candidate will be able to counsel business partners on a variety of complex legal issues; structure, draft, and negotiate agreements and program documents; and drive process-oriented improvements.

Key job responsibilities

- Support AWS's specialist sales, business development, and partner network teams with strategic legal insights on various sales and business development initiatives

- Collaborate cross-functionally to launch and support sales programs and initiatives

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure legal alignment with business objectives

- Negotiate and draft complex enterprise and technology agreements across diverse business contexts

- Provide comprehensive legal counsel on policy, regulatory, and compliance matters related to cloud computing and technology services

A day in the life

Your day will be a blend of strategic counseling on legal issues and collaborative problem-solving to unlock business opportunities. You'll engage with AWS's specialist sales, business development, partner network, product, policy, security, and operations teams. You'll craft agreements and programs that drive AWS's innovative cloud and AI technologies forward in support of our customers. From negotiating strategic contracts to providing legal guidance to business leaders, you'll be at the heart of AWS's transformative work to empower customers through innovative cloud solutions.

About the team

You will be joining a fast-paced, tightly knit, and diverse legal team that delights in building, innovating, and simplifying for its business partners and customers. As part of the team, you will participate in team-wide meetings, departmental goals, and collaborative projects. In this role, you will have access and visibility to both legal and business leadership.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 2+ years of post bar admission legal experience

- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent

- Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines

- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities

- Experience working cross functionally across several teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalent

- Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work

- Must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy working hard and being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations

- Curiosity and willingness to learn and grow in a team environment

About Amazon

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Amazon Careers

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1994
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