Principal Corporate Counsel
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Location: Reston, VA 20191
Description:
The Microsoft Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA) department has an immediate opening for an experienced attorney to join our Microsoft Federal CELA sales and services team in the role of Principal Corporate Counsel. This role will provide legal support to Microsoft Federal's Customer Vertical Unit (CVU) that provides product sales and services for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This role will provide support across legal, compliance, and regulatory matters related to the DoD's purchase of Microsoft's portfolio of software, cloud computing (Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Network as a Service), emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), devices, and professional services (product support and consulting). This role will have frequent engagement with all levels of Microsoft executives, technical experts, outside partners, U.S. Government agencies and vendors as well as the breadth of Microsoft's global CELA team.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Cloud Screening: Candidates must be able to successfully complete and pass a Microsoft Cloud background screening. Required Cloud Screenings will be administered on a recurring bi-annual basis.
Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations.As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.
Preferred Qualifications
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 October 21, 2024.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#CELA
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Responsibilities:
- Providing legal guidance and government transactional sales and procurement/acquisition support to the Microsoft Federal DoD CVU involving complex cloud computing and emerging technology including AI.
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of agreements, including direct and indirect sales contracts, task orders, reseller agreements, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), strategic partnership, licensing, consulting services, product support, and other agreements with U.S. Government customers and partners.
- Legal support of Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), Federal Supply Schedule contracts, partner channel programs, Federal prime/subcontractor agreements, RFX responses, and related coordination across internal business and legal stakeholders
- Providing legal guidance and support to business clients relative to bid protests, government data rights, NDAs, FOIA, ethics and compliance, privacy law, dispute resolution and other general legal matters.
- Monitoring legal trends, changes in laws and regulation and identifying compliance challenges, and mitigations
- Delivering training for the DoD CVU on legal topics
- Embody our culture and values
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 4+ years experience as a government contracts attorney with a public sector agency, in-house, or law firm (or a combination);
- OR equivalent experience
- Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
- Experience in supporting complex enterprise sales, or government agency procurement/acquisition of, IT products (specifically SaaS/PaaS/IaaS) and professional services involving DoD
- Experience with FAR/DFARS, commercial item procurement, RFX review/proposal/awards, Multiple Award Schedules, GWACs, Transaction Authority (OTA), Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) and other unique US Government contracts and requirements
Cloud Screening: Candidates must be able to successfully complete and pass a Microsoft Cloud background screening. Required Cloud Screenings will be administered on a recurring bi-annual basis.
Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations.As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Security Clearance
- Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision;
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Office, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently and partner effectively in a team environment.
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 October 21, 2024.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#CELA