Principal Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Corporate, Legal and External Affairs (CELA) organization seeks an experienced attorney to join the Customer Security and Trust’s Cybersecurity Legal Team in the role of Principal Corporate Counsel. The Cybersecurity Legal  Team is focused on developing strategies to support cybersecurity regulatory compliance, providing cybersecurity compliance counseling, leading strategic compliance initiatives and shaping developing cybersecurity laws worldwide. Cybersecurity and cyber threats are some of the greatest and highest impact risks to organizations and the tech industry today. The attorney in this role will focus on developing a compliance program for laws and regulations around the world while managing evolving technologies that impact cybersecurity. The attorney will serve as a cybersecurity professional helping local teams track, analyze and shape legislation in the development phase, and then help our businesses achieve their most important strategic goals through smart compliance and counsel, and thoughtful policy implementation.

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.

Responsibilities

 Legal Advice and Counsel

• As part of a team of attorneys and working with our policy professionlas, review laws around cybersecurity through the lens of compliance, articulating legal obligations for our product and services teams globally.
• Ensure our cybersecurity controls comply with global regulatory requirements.
• Work with legal, engineering and compliance teams around the company on implementation of security compliance regimes for new laws and obligations.
• Provide strategic direction to other legal teams and business partners on specific issues and trends in cybersecurity and related legal compliance that will impact Microsoft’s businesses, our customers, and our ecosystem.
• Provide expertise to legal and policy teams across Microsoft seeking counsel on the interpretation of cybersecurity legal and regulatory obligations.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for global legal and government affairs teams and other internal teams to advise on developing cybersecurity-related legislative priorities and initiatives and track developing legislation to understand its potential impact on Microsoft.
• Advise and help clients understand cybersecurity compliance issues, identify risks, and offer solutions. 

Operational Excellence

• Provide input and continuous feedback to improve process efficiencies within role; identifies opportunities and tools to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Communication

• Collaborate effectively within Corporate, External and Legal Affairs and with business clients.
• Organize issues and ideas in written and verbal communication.

• Other

  • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 4+ years experience as a practicing attorney with experience in cybersecurity law, cybersecurity compliance and privacy including the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
• Experience in both criminal and civil litigation, including experience as a prosecutor or government attorney
   

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency and facility with cyber risks, remediation, or US and/or foreign cybersecurity standards, frameworks, risk assessments or certification processes, ideally including a practical understanding of same
  Experience designing and implementing cross-functional programs and processes to track legal or regulatory requirements, including compliance programs
• Deep curiosity to understand Microsoft’s products and services, with a drive to get precise and complete information to make informed decisions
  Sound and practical business judgment, ability to think strategi