Senior Corporate Counsel
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jan 25, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft Corporate, Legal and External Affairs (CELA) organization seeks a highly motivated, experienced attorney to join the Customer Security and Trust's Cybersecurity Legal Team in the role of Senior Corporate Counsel. The Cybersecurity Legal Team is focused on developing strategies to support cybersecurity regulatory compliance, providing cybersecurity compliance counseling, leading strategic compliance initiatives and shaping developing cybersecurity laws worldwide. Cybersecurity and cyber threats are some of the greatest and highest impact risks to organizations and the tech industry today. The attorney in this role will focus on developing a compliance program for laws and regulations around the world while managing evolving technologies that impact cybersecurity. The attorney will serve as a cybersecurity expert helping local teams track, analyze and shape legislation in the development phase, and then help our businesses achieve their most important strategic goals through smart compliance and counsel, and thoughtful policy implementation.
ResponsibilitiesLegal Advice and CounselAs part of a team of attorneys and working with our policy experts, review laws around cybersecurity through the lens of compliance, articulating legal obligations for our product and services teams globally.Ensure our cybersecurity controls comply with global regulatory requirements.Work with legal, engineering and compliance teams around the company on implementation of security compliance regimes for new laws and obligations.Provide strategic direction to other legal teams and business partners on specific issues and trends in cybersecurity and related legal compliance that will impact Microsoft's businesses, our customers, and our ecosystem.Provide expertise to legal and policy teams across Microsoft seeking counsel on the interpretation of cybersecurity legal and regulatory obligations.Serve as the subject matter expert for global legal and government affairs teams and other internal teams to advise on developing cybersecurity-related legislative priorities and initiatives and track developing legislation to understand its potential impact on Microsoft.Advise and help clients understand cybersecurity compliance issues, identify risks, and offer solutions. Operational ExcellenceProvide input and continuous feedback to improve process efficiencies within role; identifies opportunities and tools to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness. CommunicationCollaborate effectively within Corporate, External and Legal Affairs and with business clients. | |