Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- Experience working closely with and advising senior executives of an organization or equivalent
- At least 12 years legal experience (preferably gathered both in-house as well as in private practice)
- Previous experience in building and managing teams
- Strong transactional background dealing with commercial contracts
- High degree of independence, initiative and decisiveness but also a desire to be challenged and think outside the box
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to act as a business partner to senior management
- Good business judgment, especially in ambiguous situations
- Ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment
Desirable
- Experience working independently and directly with all levels of legal and business partners or equivalent
- A team player and consensus builder with great people skills who can effectively and efficiently collaborate and build relationships with lawyers and business clients at all levels throughout the organization
- Enjoys a challenge and willing to roll sleeves up to get the right result
- Experience of working with regulators
What the job involves
- Due to further growth of Amazon and its rapid expansion in new geographic areas, we are looking for an experienced lawyer to lead the legal support for our upcoming Irish Store
- This will begin as an individual contributor role, based in Dublin, working closely with the UK and EU legal teams based in other countries
- Partnering with and advising the management team on legal and strategic matters, including gathering and coordinating advice in the fields of regulatory compliance, commercial, consumer and competition law, intellectual property and litigation
- Planning, advising and implementing legal programs and improvements to support and protect the business
- Training employees on regulatory and compliance issues and company policies and processes
- Communicating effectively on legal and policy issues
- Helping define and implement a strategy for building strong government and regulator relations
- Negotiating, reviewing and drafting commercial contracts, including contracts for the supply and distribution of goods and services, advertising, business development, financing and intellectual property licensing
- Handling pre-litigation and legal disputes and enquiries
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Company benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
Company values
- Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
- Passion for invention
- Commitment to operational excellence
- Long-term thinking
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
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Founders
Jeff Bezos
(Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO (not founder))Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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