Senior Corporate Counsel

1 Month ago • 6 Years + • Legal • $141,800 PA - $268,900 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Microsoft's Corporate, Legal, and External Affairs (CELA) seeks a Senior Corporate Counsel to join the Cybersecurity Legal Team. This role focuses on developing and implementing a global compliance program for cybersecurity laws and regulations, managing evolving technologies, and advising internal teams. Responsibilities include reviewing cybersecurity laws, ensuring compliance with global regulatory requirements, working with cross-functional teams on implementation, providing strategic direction, and serving as a subject matter expert. The ideal candidate possesses 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity law, compliance, and privacy, including experience with GDPR, and a strong understanding of cyber risks and remediation. The role requires strong legal analysis, problem-solving, and communication skills, along with the ability to work collaboratively within a global team.
Must have:
  • Juris Doctor Degree
  • 6+ years experience as attorney
  • Cybersecurity law expertise
  • GDPR experience
  • Compliance program development
  • Global regulatory knowledge
Good to have:
  • Criminal/civil litigation experience
  • Experience with US/foreign cybersecurity standards
  • Cross-functional program implementation
  • Understanding of Microsoft products/services
Perks:
  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Job Details

Overview

Microsoft Corporate, Legal and External Affairs (CELA) organization seeks a highly motivated, experienced attorney to join the Customer Security and Trust’s Cybersecurity Legal Team in the role of Senior Corporate Counsel. The Cybersecurity Legal  Team is focused on developing strategies to support cybersecurity regulatory compliance, providing cybersecurity compliance counseling, leading strategic compliance initiatives and shaping developing cybersecurity laws worldwide. Cybersecurity and cyber threats are some of the greatest and highest impact risks to organizations and the tech industry today. The attorney in this role will focus on developing a compliance program for laws and regulations around the world while managing evolving technologies that impact cybersecurity. The attorney will serve as a cybersecurity expert helping local teams track, analyze and shape legislation in the development phase, and then help our businesses achieve their most important strategic goals through smart compliance and counsel, and thoughtful policy implementation.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

 

  • Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
  • 5 years’ experience in cybersecurity law, cybersecurity compliance and privacy including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation
  • Experience in both criminal and civil litigation, including experience as a prosecutor or government attorney

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

 

  • Fluency and facility with cyber risks, remediation, or US and/or foreign cybersecurity standards, frameworks, risk assessments or certification processes, ideally including a practical understanding of same
  • Experience designing and implementing cross-functional programs and processes to track legal or regulatory requirements, including compliance programs
  • Deep curiosity to understand Microsoft’s products and services, with a drive to get precise and complete information to make informed decisions
  • Sound and practical business judgment, ability to think strategically, and desire to establish a “trusted advisor” relationship with key clients
  • Highly motivated, independent, self-starter able to multitask and constantly prioritize in an ever-changing legal and regulatory environment
  • Ability to creatively problem-solve with a focus on achieving results that both benefit our business and maintain the trust of our customers and partners
  • Desire and ability to work with diverse, global teams
  • This role may eventually involve domestic and international travel.
     

Legal Counsel IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $141,800 - $248,800 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 $179,300 - $268,900 per year.

 

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:    

 

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 6, 2025.

 

 

#CELA

Responsibilities

Legal Advice and Counsel

  • As part of a team of attorneys and working with our policy experts, review laws around cybersecurity through the lens of compliance, articulating legal obligations for our product and services teams globally.
  • Ensure our cybersecurity controls comply with global regulatory requirements.
  • Work with legal, engineering and compliance teams around the company on implementation of security compliance regimes for new laws and obligations.
  • Provide strategic direction to other legal teams and business partners on specific issues and trends in cybersecurity and related legal compliance that will impact Microsoft’s businesses, our customers, and our ecosystem.
  • Provide expertise to legal and policy teams across Microsoft seeking counsel on the interpretation of cybersecurity legal and regulatory obligations.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for global legal and government affairs teams and other internal teams to advise on developing cybersecurity-related legislative priorities and initiatives and track developing legislation to understand its potential impact on Microsoft.
  • Advise and help clients understand cybersecurity compliance issues, identify risks, and offer solutions. 

Operational Excellence

  • Provide input and continuous feedback to improve process efficiencies within role; identifies opportunities and tools to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.

 

Communication

  • Collaborate effectively within Corporate, External and Legal Affairs and with business clients.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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