Overview

Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support the commercial sales business on an array of topics, including health care transactions, general commercial initiatives, and operational regulatory execution. The role will support Microsoft’s Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) organization, which drives some of the world’s largest technology transformations, enabling customers to successfully utilize Microsoft technology to digitize their business and reimagine whats possible.

As Corporate Counsel, you will serve as a trusted legal advisor to senior business leaders on high‑impact, innovation‑driven engagements. You will advise on complex contractual structures and risk considerations, including regulatory compliance, and ensure alignment on strategic initiatives. You will partner cross‑functionally with product, engineering, sales, and compliance teams to support go‑to‑market readiness, responsible AI implementation, and evolving global regulatory requirements to enable scalable innovation.

You will advise senior business leader on legal considerations related to commercial programs for selling support and services to customers and partners, and the business operations for delivery of services that accelerate utilization and value of Microsoft technology for customers and promote AI diffusion. You will develop and advise on complex contractual structures, risk considerations, regulatory requirements, and commercial commitments, in particular the offers and execution supporting Microsoft ‘s sovereignty commitments. You will partner cross‑functionally within CPS, marketing, sales, and compliance teams to support go‑to‑market strategy and readiness, and you will help ensure that Microsoft’s commercial support and services offerings address evolving global regulatory requirements.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we are dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our Culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.

Responsibilities Legal Advice and Counsel

• Serve as a legal advisor to the CPS team to address a wide range of legal and regulatory issues and provide proactive, solution-orientated legal guidance aligned with business strategy.
• Oversee and provide counsel on development of commercial offers and programs for support and technical services.
• Ensure compliant data handling in compliance with local laws and regulations, proactively manage legal risks, and provide strategic advice on a wide range of legal and regulatory issues.
• Support the adoption of AI-driven tools and scalable legal processes to accelerate support for engineering services, automate routine work, and drive operational excellence while enabling business stakeholders to move quickly.
• Provide legal and strategic advice to operational teams regarding compliance with applicable privacy and data security laws, standards and corporate policies.
• Work with business groups to deploy compliance processes through effective and dependable procedures and technologies.
• Contribute to company-wide policies, standards and business procedures designed to foster compliance with privacy, security and data protection requirements and best practices.
• Creatively solve problems and coordinate across CELA and business team subject matter experts.

Culture & Communication

• Embody our culture and values
• Communicate in a manner that advances negotiations and projects, creates clarity, utilizes insights, and advances closure of open issues.
• Foster inclusive practices and ensure diverse perspectives are heard.
• Support colleagues and clients with empathy and respect.
• Embrace a global mindset, respecting similarities and differences in others, to effectively work cross functionally with global diverse teams.

Qualifications Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 1+ year(s) experience as a practicing attorney

• OR equivalent experience.

• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience supporting go-to-market strategy and developing programmatic commercial agreements.
• 1+ years expererience advising on cloud, AI, and emerging technology issues, including regulatory and compliance considerations.
• 1+ years experience with project management skills to address and plan for competing demands.

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Legal Counsel IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $105,800 - $204,000 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 $136,200 - $223,300 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.