We are looking for a smart, self- motivated individual to provide administrative, contracts’ management and paralegal assistance to approximately 9 attorneys in the Amazon Japan Stores legal team. The position reports to a senior lawyer who leads our Amazon Japan AMP (Advertising/Marketing/Prime) Legal Team, who has been working at Amazon for 11+ years, and supports our AMP and Seller Legal Teams.

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include coordinating agreement approvals and execution, assisting with standard contract and marketing reviews, documents’ management, maintaining status reports, supporting introduction of new systems and tools for legal operation, performing general office tasks (such as filing and budget tracking), developing and executing on simplification projects using AI, and coordinating other legal and administrative matters directly with the broader Japan and global legal teams and our business teams.

The successful candidate will possess the ability to work efficiently and independently; manage a high volume of tasks and projects with tight deadlines; react with appropriate urgency to situations and events that require a quick response or turnaround; think creatively; and be proactive in solving problems that affect people within the group or other related groups. The successful candidate will be client-oriented, have great attention to detail; strong organizational skills; the ability to easily multitask; possess a high level of professionalism, integrity, and discretion in handling confidential information; and have the ability to work well with people at all levels inside and outside the company.

Basic Qualifications

• Native level Japanese and excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.
• The ideal candidate will have 3+ years’ experience as a paralegal or corporate legal department team member.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. and other software systems for invoice, data and contract management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness and aptitude for learning new concepts on the job.
• Experience using AI in day-to-day work.
• Paralegal experience, college degree or business law qualification are a plus but not required. The candidate does not need to be a qualified lawyer.

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