Vice President, Corporate Counsel

Overview

This role provides senior legal guidance to support data center leasing transactions with hyperscalers. The position also supports general corporate, governance, and transactional matters, including joint ventures with a sister portfolio company.

This is a high-impact, hands-on position for an attorney who can operate independently in a fast-paced environment, draft and negotiate contracts, manage outside counsel efficiently, and collaborate across the business to drive deals to execution.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate data center agreements, including hyperscale and enterprise data center leases, service agreements, change order forms, and related documents.
• Support deal structuring and negotiation of critical terms, including:
  • Joint venture and land purchase agreements
  • Leasing terms and remedies
  • Force majeure
  • Change of control
  • Security and audit rights
  • Insurance provisions
  • Waiver of subrogation
  • Indemnification and confidentiality provisions
• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial Management and other teams to support customer matters and align legal positions with delivery realities and business strategy.
• Draft and negotiate related agreements as needed, including MSAs, ancillary site/customer documents, LOIs/terms sheets, and NDAs.
• Build scalable legal infrastructure, such as templates, playbooks, clause libraries, fallback positions, approval matrices, and negotiation processes to improve speed and consistency.
• Manage outside counsel with discipline, including scoping, supervision, budgets, and practical deliverables.
• Take on additional high-priority legal work as needed to help stand up and support a high-functioning, lean Legal Department, including compliance and risk management activities, and key vendor and operations agreements.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or ability to register as in-house counsel, as applicable).
• 10+ years of relevant experience, including a blend of large law firm and in-house roles.
• 5+ years of direct experience negotiating hyperscale and enterprise data center leases.

Required Skills & Experience

• Direct experience with data center construction and lease contracts, including powered shell/turnkey, phased delivery, capacity reservation, and commissioning/acceptance.
• Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional matters and coordinating local counsel.
• Comfort with legal operations and process building (CLM exposure a plus).
• Highest standards of professional integrity, sound judgment, and personal accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to run transactions with minimal oversight, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work product quickly.
• Strong business judgment and clear, collaborative communication style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with data-center-specific operational terms, including availability/SLA constructs, maintenance windows, security requirements, audit rights, change control, and service credits.
• Experience with commercial real estate and financings.

Compensation & Benefits

• Expected salary range (DOE): $240,000 – $300,000 + Discretionary Bonus.
• Benefits include:
  • 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401K program
  • Standard paid holidays
  • Unlimited PTO

Location & Travel

• Work location is flexible to Seattle, WA or Denver, CO.
• Travel: 20%.

Additional Information

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Other related duties may be assigned to meet organizational needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Qualified applicants are considered regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.