Senior Counsel- Product Development & Marketing

Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

Provide high quality legal advice and work product to Western Digital’s product management, marketing, engineering, and sales teams.  This full-time position will report to the Director, Associate General Counsel, Product.  This position is based in San Jose, Irvine or remote.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Review, draft and advise on advertising and marketing materials, including packaging, press releases, product launch collateral, advertising campaigns, sweepstakes, promotions, and other related items
• Advise internal business partners on requirements affecting all stages of a product's life cycle, including design, development, marketing, public relations, product launch and distribution, customer support, warranty, and related product regulatory concerns 
• Maintain current understanding of best practices related to legal issues in product development and marketing for technology companies, including strong familiarity with intellectual property and privacy matters
• Prepare, review, and negotiate complex agreements including those for software licensing, software-as-a-service, co-marketing, strategic alliances, marketing technology products, hosted services including AI models, and marketing, engineering, and manufacturing services
• Identify and analyze business and commercial issues connected with legal matters that could impact the business or a corporate function, and identify potential legal issues related to business practices and policies

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• J.D. degree from accredited law school
• Current member of the California Bar in good standing, or California Registered In-House Counsel in good standing
• At least 5-8 years’ relevant practice experience, at least 4 of which are as an in-house attorney
• Experience working in house at a technology company highly desired
• Experience supporting software or hardware-based business models
• Familiarity with legal guidance for marketing related claims and/or product liability matters
• Knowledge of product regulatory matters related to hardware or software products

SKILLS

• Strong proficiency in drafting contracts or writing persuasively for a third-party audience
• Attentively listens to others and encourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions
• Provides timely and helpful information to others across the organization
• Owns and manages various matters and new opportunities with enthusiasm
• Effective conflict resolution skills to manage crises effectively
• Has customer service focus and works collaboratively with internal partners
• Instills trust and develops/maintains good working relationships with internal partners and/or external contacts and counsel
• Drives results while independently performing tasks and making recommendations regarding appropriate courses of action to sub-function leaders and client groups

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disa