Senior Counsel, Technical Infrastructure
About the role
As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company.
As Senior Counsel, you will serve as a legal subject matter expert and the "go-to" advisor for Google's Technical Infrastructure. You will focus on highly complex, high-value commercial transactions to build, procure, and operate the physical infrastructure enabling Google to deliver its global services.
20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate a range of highly complex, high-impact commercial agreements supporting Google’s technical infrastructure procurement and operation, including data center development, energy and water procurement, renewable energy transactions, colocation, dark fiber, and global submarine cable projects.
- Advise Google senior executives and business leaders, driving principled, rational decisions on issues of high sensitivity and impact, and develop long-term legal strategies for the most challenging, undefined, and complex legal situations, distilling detailed analyses into actionable business guidance.
- Build and influence cross-organizational collaborations across Google's Legal, Technical Infrastructure, and Cloud teams to ensure consistent legal approaches and share feedback.
- Oversee and manage relationships with external legal counsel, ensuring optimal delivery on both substance and cost.
- Create, operationalize, and lead continuous improvements in legal processes, policies, and regulatory compliance frameworks spanning multiple jurisdictions.
Requirements
- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
- 10 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm, with a focus on cloud, data center, energy, or network infrastructure transactions.
Qualifications
- Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements for the build, deployment, and operation of major technical infrastructure.
- Understanding of global regulatory ecosystems, compliance issues (e.g., network supply chain, national security agreements), and competition law dynamics related to cloud and infrastructure.
- Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, consistently exhibiting strong judgment and comfort across challenging and ambiguously defined legal and business situations.
- Ability to influence, drive consensus, and resolve highly sensitive conflicts or policy matters.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills, with a track record of executing multiple high-priority projects under tight deadlines.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Pay
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $275,000 - $383,000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits