Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented lawyer to fill the position of Associate Corporate Counsel, supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS), a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon.com. AWS is at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry, providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and more.
This position will support AWS’s global energy and water teams in working with utilities, constructing new infrastructure, and piloting innovative, carbon-free energy projects in support of The Climate Pledge, which commits Amazon to achieve net zero carbon by 2040 – ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement.
You will work directly with the various business teams to provide day-to-day advice and contract interpretation. You will also help develop, implement, and manage process improvements across the team, resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.
Key job responsibilities
As Associate Corporate Counsel, you will partner with AWS’s business teams to support global energy and water supply, infrastructure, and services agreements and provide guidance on working with private and governmental utilities. You will have responsibility for structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements, and counseling business partners on:
- Utility interconnection agreements
- Unique water supply and/or reuse arrangements
- Vendor agreements, including engineering, design, and construction agreements
- Sustainable, carbon-free energy initiatives
- Energy regulation and compliance
- Energy and water strategy that aids AWS’s growth plans
