Full Job Description
Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a smart, experienced, and highly motivated litigator to help manage its worldwide portfolio of government enforcement, litigation, and regulatory matters, and advise the company on a wide variety of legal and business risk management issues.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include handling and supervising a wide range of government disputes and regulatory engagements across all of Amazon's businesses; directly interacting with government officials, including local, state, and federal regulators and law enforcement; directing overall case and matter strategy; selecting and managing outside counsel; assessing risk and coordinating with senior leadership on risk management; counseling internal stakeholders on a broad spectrum of complex and often novel legal and policy issues; and managing all stages of both affirmative and defensive litigation, including discovery.
This position is part of Amazon's Government & Regulatory Litigation team. The position may be located in Arlington, Virginia; Seattle, Washington; or New York, New York.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience at both a law firm and federal or state government agency
- Federal judicial clerkship
- Trial experience
- Ability to independently manage multiple mission-critical projects simultaneously
- Familiarity with retail, Internet, software, and/or media industries and the legal and regulatory environment in which they operate
- Proficiency in advising senior executives of an organization
- Experience in crisis management and response
- Sound and practical business judgment and strong common sense
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, VA, Arlington - 153,900.00 - 208,200.00 USD annually