The Opportunity Join the group of attorneys and paralegals who provide legal counsel to the product teams at Adobe who develop and market Adobe Acrobat. We are seeking a hardworking, positive and high-energy lawyer to support product and business teams for Adobe Acrobat. You will work closely with product management, engineering, business strategy and marketing teams, as well as colleagues in Legal, to provide counseling on a range of legal topics including innovative generative Ai technologies. You will be based in San Jose, San Francisco, CA, or Seattle, WA, will report to the lead of the Acrobat legal team, and will help advance our clients' business objectives while managing legal and brand/reputational risk.
What you'll Do
Assist the team with innovative Generative AI functions, evaluating products from a GenAI lens, considering associated risks, reviewing synthetic and other data sets, and generally being mentored by senior lawyers who do this daily.
Support and build positive relationships with our product development teams.
Collaborate with our clients in reviewing products, business strategies and initiatives to assess legal compliance and provide practical advice.
Coordinate with subject matter leads in Adobe’s Legal Department, including privacy, antitrust and intellectual property attorneys.
Develop and deliver materials and trainings to various internal groups, including engineering, program management and sales-legal.
Draft and negotiate all types of technology licensing agreements: both in-bound and out-bound licenses and partnership agreements.
What you need to succeed
J.D. from an accredited law school and necessary bar membership
3 - 5 years of relevant legal experience, with software and online services industry experience.
Proficient at negotiating and drafting various intellectual property agreements including in-and out-bound technology licenses, development agreements, online services agreements, and terms of use for online services.
Familiarity with privacy and data security issues and compliance (experience with privacy by design is strongly preferred).
Prior experience with user-generated content services and mobile app development strongly preferred.
Technical background or a geek-level interest in software products and development preferred.
A flexible, business-friendly collaborator who thinks creatively and enjoys working with technical issues.
Candidate must possess a sense of humor and enjoy working on a team and with people at all levels.
Smart, creative, hard worker with boundless intellectual curiosity.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
A commitment to providing clients with high quality, timely legal advice, eager to tackle different types of products and services and related adventures.
Flexibility to work with colleagues, clients and others in time zones other than where the position is based.
Ability to exercise common sense to provide both practical and theoretical advice; must be a creative problem-solver and have good business instincts.
Desire to make an impact and build an exciting career with our team.
At Adobe, you can be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists. You will also be surrounded by colleagues committed to helping each other grow where ongoing feedback flows freely.
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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
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Expected Pay Range:
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $126,700 - $230,700 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
In California, the pay range for this position is $159,300 - $230,700
In Washington, the pay range for this position is $146,300 - $211,850
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
