Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal - Santa Monica | Amazon Job

Job Description

Join Amazon's Legal Department as an Associate Corporate Counsel supporting AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership, negotiate complex cloud technology transactions, and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base.

Key job responsibilities
- Draft, negotiate, and finalize terms for complex, high-value cloud technology transactions, demonstrating sound judgment in ambiguous situations and balancing legal risk with business objectives
- Provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance to AWS business team members, serving as a trusted advisor on transactional and commercial matters
- Manage legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, working to resolve disputes and maintain strong client partnerships
- Advise business leadership on legal risk associated with new business initiatives and market opportunities
- Address pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries, working collaboratively with business teams to develop appropriate responses and resolutions

A day in the life
As an Associate Corporate Counsel on the AWS legal team, you'll engage in meaningful work that directly impacts how we serve our customers worldwide. Your day might include drafting and negotiating terms for complex, high-value cloud technology transactions, collaborating with sales and marketing teams to understand their business objectives, and providing guidance to support their decision-making. You'll also advise on issues within existing commercial relationships and risk associated with new business initiatives, and support pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. Throughout your work, you'll balance independent project ownership with collaboration across our legal team and the business, contributing your perspective to help us find creative solutions that scale our legal capabilities globally.

About the team
We are a collaborative legal team dedicated to supporting AWS's mission of making cloud technology accessible and valuable to businesses worldwide. Our team values partnership with business leaders and takes pride in providing thoughtful, practical legal guidance that enables innovation. We're focused on building scalable legal solutions that support our growing global client base, and we're looking for someone who shares our commitment to understanding the business context behind every legal question. You'll work alongside experienced attorneys who are passionate about cloud technology and committed to mentoring and supporting one another as we navigate complex, evolving legal challenges together.

Basic Qualifications:

- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- 2+ years of post bar admission legal experience

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with in-house work at a technology or internet company
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing services or equivalent
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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, CA, Santa Monica - 131,500.00 - 178,000.00 USD annually