Corporate Counsel, Cloud Global Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships

Overview

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note:

By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Seattle, WA, USA;
Austin, TX, USA;
Chicago, IL, USA;
Washington D.C., DC, USA
.

• JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
• 7 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.

• Experience advising clients in structuring complex commercial transactions, including agreements providing for network capacity and IP ownership frameworks.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating services agreements, business agreements, licenses, custom development and intellectual property agreements.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and manage engaging priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills, and the ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.

About The Job

In this role, you will support the Cloud Global Strategic Initiatives (GSI) team. You"ll work closely with the GSI team to structure complex agreements establishing multi-year partnership and industry transformation goals with strategic customers. You will lead coordination and execution with other Cloud legal team members, regional legal teams, and legal colleagues from other product areas and Bets. You"ll brief the Cloud and Legal executive teams.

Additionally, you will establish, institutionalize, and scale legal processes and templates for winning large, complex customers.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers.

We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $239,000-$337,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial agreements with large/sophisticated enterprise customers, including agreements providing for network capacity.
• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements for the Google Cloud Global Partner Ecosystem organization, including strategic partnership agreements, AI infrastructure transactions, inbound and outbound OEM agreements, intellectual property licenses, and data privacy agreements.
• Review, draft, and negotiate licenses, custom development, intellectual property agreements and cloud platform services agreements.
• Coordinate with legal colleagues and business leads from Google product areas in structuring and negotiating complex cross-product area partnerships, first-in-kind transactions with strategic technology partners and new business initiatives within Google Cloud.
• Provide legal advice to teams summarizing and communicating legal concepts and risks. Advise business clients, and other stakeholders, on approval processes, company policies and procedures, IP and business strategy.

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