Senior Counsel, Tech Transactions, Autonomous Vehicles & Fleets
Apply NowCompany: Uber
Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced commercial attorney to join Uber's legal team as we scale two fascinating, global lines of business: Autonomous Mobility & Delivery (the world's best platform for autonomous vehicles to go to market) and Fleets (electric and professionally managed fleets on Uber, OEM partnerships, and the infrastructure necessary to support it all). If you're passionate about creating industry-first deal frameworks, commercial counseling, and transforming the way that people go anywhere and get almost anything around the world, come and join this bold team.
This Senior Counsel will own a wide range of commercial matters including drafting and negotiating partner agreements that govern AV and fleet deployments across mobility and delivery use cases, counseling business clients on data, intellectual property, regulatory, safety and privacy principles, including in global environments. You'll also support related programs as a critical team member, working closely with cross-functional business colleagues to launch these innovative products and partnerships on the Uber platform.
This position is part of the Uber legal team and can be located in San Francisco, New York, NY or Washington, DC.
What You'll Do
- Bring commercial and tech transactions experience and insight to the team, finding creative solutions to white space issues.
- Engage and negotiate with external partners, with full-view integration of risk and legal controls in commercial agreements and other outward-facing terms.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues on other legal and cross-functional teams, such as Safety, Product, Policy, Intellectual Property, Insurance and Privacy to provide comprehensive advice and create solutions that allow the business to move quickly and responsibly.
- Be an active and trusted business partner to the Operations, Engineering and Business Development professionals that launch autonomous, fleet and electric vehicle products at Uber.
- Deploy your commercial perspective in reviewing related products and programs to ensure commercial, regulatory, and safety considerations flow through those initiatives.
- Support fleet and electrification commercial initiatives that align with Uber's goal of creating the best platform for fleets, period - electric or autonomous.
Basic Qualifications
- J.D. and license to practice law in at least one state.
- Minimum of eight (8) years of commercial legal experience in private practice, in-house and/or government
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, vehicle fleets, or on-demand mobility or delivery platforms.
- At least two (2) years of in-house experience is highly preferred.
- Commercial and contracting experience in a regulated industry across multiple markets, delivering clear, actionable terms for clients, customers and partners.
- Excellent business judgment and high comfort level advising senior leaders on a wide range of legal issues related to technology and/or software platforms.
- Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and legal groups, with strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner across functions to build consensus.
- Clear communicator, team orientated, and willing to take initiative while thinking two steps ahead.
- Confidence and flexibility to operate in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
- Inquisitiveness, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
- Passionate about your work and a desire to have a big impact.
- Enthusiastic about Uber and autonomous vehicles!
For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$243,000 per year - USD$270,000 per year.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$243,000 per year - USD$270,000 per year.
For Washington, DC-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$243,000 per year - USD$270,000 per year.
For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits).
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](https://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.
This Senior Counsel will own a wide range of commercial matters including drafting and negotiating partner agreements that govern AV and fleet deployments across mobility and delivery use cases, counseling business clients on data, intellectual property, regulatory, safety and privacy principles, including in global environments. You'll also support related programs as a critical team member, working closely with cross-functional business colleagues to launch these innovative products and partnerships on the Uber platform.
This position is part of the Uber legal team and can be located in San Francisco, New York, NY or Washington, DC.
What You'll Do
- Bring commercial and tech transactions experience and insight to the team, finding creative solutions to white space issues.
- Engage and negotiate with external partners, with full-view integration of risk and legal controls in commercial agreements and other outward-facing terms.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues on other legal and cross-functional teams, such as Safety, Product, Policy, Intellectual Property, Insurance and Privacy to provide comprehensive advice and create solutions that allow the business to move quickly and responsibly.
- Be an active and trusted business partner to the Operations, Engineering and Business Development professionals that launch autonomous, fleet and electric vehicle products at Uber.
- Deploy your commercial perspective in reviewing related products and programs to ensure commercial, regulatory, and safety considerations flow through those initiatives.
- Support fleet and electrification commercial initiatives that align with Uber's goal of creating the best platform for fleets, period - electric or autonomous.
Basic Qualifications
- J.D. and license to practice law in at least one state.
- Minimum of eight (8) years of commercial legal experience in private practice, in-house and/or government
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, vehicle fleets, or on-demand mobility or delivery platforms.
- At least two (2) years of in-house experience is highly preferred.
- Commercial and contracting experience in a regulated industry across multiple markets, delivering clear, actionable terms for clients, customers and partners.
- Excellent business judgment and high comfort level advising senior leaders on a wide range of legal issues related to technology and/or software platforms.
- Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and legal groups, with strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner across functions to build consensus.
- Clear communicator, team orientated, and willing to take initiative while thinking two steps ahead.
- Confidence and flexibility to operate in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
- Inquisitiveness, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
- Passionate about your work and a desire to have a big impact.
- Enthusiastic about Uber and autonomous vehicles!
For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$243,000 per year - USD$270,000 per year.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$243,000 per year - USD$270,000 per year.
For Washington, DC-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$243,000 per year - USD$270,000 per year.
For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits).
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](https://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.