Director and Senior Corporate Counsel - Regulatory Governance at Microsoft

At Microsoft our core mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As Director and Senior Corporate Counsel - Regulatory Governance in our Privacy, Safety and Regulatory Affairs (PSRA) organization, you will play an integral part in driving this mission, navigating us into the future of innovation, and building trust with our customers and regulators. In Regulatory Governance, our goal is to help create systems and processes for effective compliance and maintaining trust across the four core trust domains - cybersecurity, digital safety, privacy, and responsible AI. 

This role will help other lawyers and compliance professionals across Microsoft better structure their advice so that it is more effectively implemented in our products and services. The person in this role will help establish processes that encourage a consistent, risk-based approach to implementing regulatory requirements. This individual will have a strong sense for how regulations are applied in different legal cultures around the world as well as how engineering groups ingest requirements and implement them.  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney with law firm experience and familiarity with privacy and data protection regulations  
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.

Legal Counsel IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $141,800 - $248,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $179,300 - $268,900 per year.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 27, 2024

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to four trust domains (privacy, cybersecurity, digital safety, responsible AI) on how to analyze and interpret new legal requirements in a consistent and actionable way. 
• Engage with government affairs and other local legal resources on understanding developing legal and enforcement trends worldwide. 
• Assist in coordinating responses to regulators and maintaining consistency across responses. 
• Work closely with engineers and other non-lawyers on the practical implementation of legal requirements. 
• Effectively navigate engineering organizations.