Vice President, Corporate Counsel

Overview

The organization is seeking a senior-level, business-minded Vice President, Corporate Counsel to provide legal guidance and support for data center leasing transactions with hyperscalers. This role also supports general corporate, governance, and transactional matters, including joint ventures.

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

Responsibilities

• Provide legal expertise for drafting and negotiating data center agreements, including hyperscale and enterprise data center leases, service agreements, change order forms, and related documents.
• Support deal structuring on critical terms, including joint venture and land purchase agreements, as well as leasing terms covering remedies, force majeure, change of control, security/audit rights, insurance, waiver of subrogation, indemnification, and confidentiality provisions.
• Partner cross-functionally (including with Commercial Management) to support customer matters and align legal positions with delivery realities and business strategy.
• Draft and negotiate related agreements, including MSAs, ancillary site/customer documents, LOIs/terms sheets, and NDAs as needed.
• Build scalable legal infrastructure, including 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 build a high-functioning, lean Legal Department (e.g., compliance and risk management activities, 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 ops and process building (CLM exposure is 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 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.
• Familiarity with commercial real estate and financings.

Compensation & Benefits

• Expected salary range (DOE): $240,000 – $300,000 + discretionary bonus.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100% by the employer.
• 401K program.
• Standard paid holidays.
• Unlimited PTO.

Location and 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 as needed. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.