Corporate Counsel / Senior Corporate Counsel - Development and Engineering

Corporate Counsel / Senior Corporate Counsel - Development & Engineering

Location: Telecommuting/remote from within the US

Note: Sponsorship is not available for this position

The Development and Engineering Legal Team within Oracle's legal department is responsible for providing legal support for all of Oracle’s cloud, software development, and hardware engineering organizations worldwide. The team works closely with Oracle Development executives, product teams and key corporate stakeholders to complete agreements between Oracle and its strategic software suppliers and to evaluate and provide legal advice with respect to inbound software licensing, cloud infrastructure, open source, AI/ML, etc. The team coordinates the efforts of various internal organizations to ensure that Oracle’s inbound software licenses and product development activities comply with company policies, and takes a leadership role in defining policies, practices, and procedures within the company.

Career Level - IC3

As an individual contributor in the team, you will join a collaborative group of attorneys with an interesting and diverse technology law practice. This position requires a significant IP and inbound licensing background in connection with the support of product development teams. The ideal candidate will have experience drafting and negotiating a variety of inbound technology transactions (inbound software, SaaS, API, data, co-development, etc.) and the ability to handle a variety of tasks, evaluate alternatives quickly, and provide top quality legal assistance and support to executive-level clients in a fast-paced environment. Someone who can quickly make a significant contribution to the group is critical.  

This job description may not represent all the duties of the position.  You may be asked to perform other related duties, as needed. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Relevant legal experience working in-house as product counsel at a technology company. Ideal is at least 8 years; will consider 4+. 
• Experience as the lead negotiator of complex inbound agreements in the areas of software licensing, SaaS, cloud, and content/data licensing. 
• Significant experience providing legal advice to product development teams on IP issues and other legal issues relevant to product development activities. 
• Strongly prefer experience with Open Source licensing and AI/ML.
• Bar certified, in good standing, in a state in the US.

 

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Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $109,200 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.