Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Operations
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Location: Arlington, VA 22204
Description:
Amazon's Legal Department is looking for an attorney with a strong transactional and regulatory background to support Amazon Web Services' (AWS) dynamic and rapidly growing global transportation, logistics, and supply chain operations businesses.
You will be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, and for independently and effectively solving a broad range of commercial and regulatory issues to support AWS's supply chain. You will work directly with the business, serving as lead counsel on strategic supply chain operations projects, providing day-to-day legal advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, addressing regulatory questions, and handling pre-litigation disputes and inquiries. You will develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative, business-centric ways and you will build processes that address risk and allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly.
Key job responsibilities
- Drafting and negotiating complex, bespoke, and high-value contracts;
- Providing day-to-day legal advice on a variety of transportation, logistics, and supply chain operations issues;
- Owning and implementing strategic initiatives and projects while working cross-functionally with other legal teams;
- Developing and improving legal review and engagement processes; and
- Resolving pre-litigation disputes and compliance challenges affecting supply chain operations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in private practice or in house experience at a technology company or equivalent
- Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
- Experience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalent
- Knowledge of transportation, warehousing, reverse logistics, and other supply chain operations legal issues
- Common sense, great judgment, and a good sense of humor
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a desire to be challenged, and the ability to be a partner to business stakeholders
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
You will be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, and for independently and effectively solving a broad range of commercial and regulatory issues to support AWS's supply chain. You will work directly with the business, serving as lead counsel on strategic supply chain operations projects, providing day-to-day legal advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, addressing regulatory questions, and handling pre-litigation disputes and inquiries. You will develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative, business-centric ways and you will build processes that address risk and allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly.
Key job responsibilities
- Drafting and negotiating complex, bespoke, and high-value contracts;
- Providing day-to-day legal advice on a variety of transportation, logistics, and supply chain operations issues;
- Owning and implementing strategic initiatives and projects while working cross-functionally with other legal teams;
- Developing and improving legal review and engagement processes; and
- Resolving pre-litigation disputes and compliance challenges affecting supply chain operations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in private practice or in house experience at a technology company or equivalent
- Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
- Experience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalent
- Knowledge of transportation, warehousing, reverse logistics, and other supply chain operations legal issues
- Common sense, great judgment, and a good sense of humor
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a desire to be challenged, and the ability to be a partner to business stakeholders
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.