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Are you a motivated, experienced attorney with a passion and curiosity for technology? Are you interested in working on innovative legal and business issues for AI-backed productivity software and services that help billions of users around the world achieve more? If you are creative, and enthusiastic about technology and thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment, please consider joining the Corporate External and Legal Affairs (CELA) Experiences + Devices legal team to serve as a trusted advisor for the Microsoft Office Product Group (OPG).

As a Senior Corporate Counsel, you will provide legal support for some of Microsoft’s most strategically important products and services, including creative and practical counseling to the OPG business on issues related to software and services development, privacy and data use, artificial intelligence (AI), intellectual property, security, regulatory and commercial compliance and transactional support for product engineering and business development teams. You will develop deep technology and business acumen and thought leadership as you help the business navigate the complexities of the legal, regulatory, policy and business landscape in this exciting AI wave. You will use independent judgment and work across stakeholder teams to help drive alignment and achieve principled, durable positions on important business and legal issues. You will contribute to the success of the team through continuously improving effectiveness and efficiency in how we provide legal services to our business clients.

Join us to be a part of new and innovative work involving new mediums and platforms for consumers, businesses and education customers!

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• You will serve as primary legal counsel and in collaboration with others across the legal team, providing creative, practical, frontline legal counseling on a broad range of complex legal, buisness and policy issues to the Office Product Group engineering and business teams that develop Office apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and related services.
• You will engage and partner with business clients to understand OPG business strategies, goals, priorities, landscape, operations and processes to help identify and anticipate highly complex legal issues and opportunities facing Microsoft, as well as lead or contribute to the development of solutions.
• You will use independent judgment and collaborate with others within and across organizational boundaries to counsel on a broad range of legal, business and policy issues. You will need the ability to think strategically and find creative solutions, and have a willingness to embrace smart risks in ambiguous situations.
• You willl draft and negoatiate a variety of legal agreemments in coordination with engineering teams, business deeveloment professionals, and other stakeholder partners, includng agreements covering product development/distribution, licensing, collaboration agreements and intellectual property tranactions.
• You will support relationships with outside counsel to meet the needs of the business and you will advocate for Microsoft’s interests by developing relationships with a variety of legal professionals, customers, and other external parties.
• You will support processes for improvement, develop and advocate policies and best practices, and provide continuous feedback to significantly improve the quality, timeliness, and efficiency of projects.
• You will ensure a coordinated legal voice on high-visibility issues by collaborating with others including business and legal leadership. This will involve simplifying and summarizing complex issues into actionable strategies and recommendations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate Degree or Equivalent International Degree
  • OR Completion of a Legal Apprenticeship.
• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
• 7+ years experience as a practicing attorney
  • OR equivalent practice of law.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• In-house counsel experience.

Legal Counsel IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,400 - $242,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $176,000 - $264,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 8, 2024.

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