Senior Counsel, Network & Infrastructure Commercial Transactions

Overview

This role is part of the Global Legal team and focuses on providing strategic legal counsel for complex commercial transactions supporting network infrastructure and related procurement matters.

You will partner with teams across network infrastructure strategy and operations, engineering, global procurement, information security, product development, and finance to advise on contracting and risk management for the organization’s global cloud computing, content delivery, network infrastructure, and supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Advise business, procurement, and engineering teams on complex commercial contracting and infrastructure matters supporting the organization’s global platform.
• Draft, review, and negotiate data center leases, colocation, bandwidth, connectivity, interconnection, transit, peering, and various hardware and software procurement agreements.
• Identify and advise on infrastructure transaction risks, including liability, indemnification, data security, compliance, operational dependencies, and other critical business considerations.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation positions for infrastructure, procurement, colocation, and other commercial transactions.
• Support strategic supplier relationships by managing contract interpretations, renewals, amendments, escalations, and disputes.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to senior stakeholders on transaction strategy, contracting processes, and risk management regarding global infrastructure.
• Monitor legal and market developments relevant to network infrastructure, data centers, telecommunications, hardware procurement, supply chain, and related technology transactions.
• Provide legal support to the business in other commercial transactions as needed.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing in at least one relevant U.S. state jurisdiction.
• 8 years of legal practice, ideally including both law firm and in-house experience, with relevant experience advising on technology, cloud, and network infrastructure legal issues.
• Experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial and technology agreements, including procurement, data center leases, colocation, network services, hardware/software, and IaaS/SaaS contracts.
• Experience handling global clients and international regulatory issues related to cloud services, content delivery networks, and Internet-related technologies.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex transactions and clearly advise senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing and coordinating outside counsel and collaborating on cross-functional projects in a fast-evolving global technology environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience advising on complex infrastructure and technology transactions with critical technology and infrastructure suppliers.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary (US candidates only): $146,400 - $263,600/year.
• Salary determination factors may include relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location.
• Non-US compensation: compensation package varies.
• Compensation package may include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Benefits may include healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (PTO), sick time, family-friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program with a focus on mental and financial wellness. Eligibility requirements apply.

Location

• This posting includes compensation information for US based candidates; compensation for candidates outside the US will vary.