Principal Corporate Counsel, National Security Law Director
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Microsoft seeks a Principal Corporate Counsel, National Security Law Director for its UK & Ireland Legal Affairs team in London. This senior role involves advising on national security, defence, and technology law, supporting sales to public sector customers. The position requires a UK-qualified solicitor with extensive legal experience and a deep understanding of government, national security, and technology policy.
Ansvarsområden
- Act as a senior legal adviser on Microsoft’s engagement with the UK national security, Defence and Intelligence community.
- Provide practical and commercially focused advice on complex, sensitive and novel legal, regulatory, policy and reputational issues.
- Provide strategic national security advice and support on critical and emerging issues, including resilience, cyber security and digital sovereignty across UK Gov and CNI customers.
- Advise senior business leaders on emerging national security issues and their implications for Microsoft, its customers and strategic opportunities.
- Provide strategic commercial legal advice and end-to-end deal support for commercial opportunities with UK defence and national security customers.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional legal teams supporting complex customer engagements and commercial transactions.
- Advise on the legal, policy and governance requirements applying to Microsoft’s defence and national security activities.
- Support the implementation and continued development of Microsoft’s global governance framework for sensitive projects.
- Advise on the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence in Defence, Intelligence and national security scenarios.
- Support legal reviews of sensitive AI use cases and help business and engineering teams identify appropriate safeguards.
- Lead Microsoft UK’s National Security Team, which supports compliance with government personnel, project, information and facility-security requirements.
- Actively represent Microsoft at external events (e.g., presenting at meetings, conferences, webinars, panels).
- Manage relationships and develop partnerships with outside counsel; collaborate with outside counsel or other service providers to develop strategies and innovative solutions to address business issues and achieve business objectives.
Krav
- UK qualified solicitor with extensive, demonstrable experience as a practicing lawyer.
- Proficient understanding of the legal, regulatory and policy environment relevant to UK government and national security customers.
- Ability to exercise sound judgement, maintain strict confidentiality and work effectively in highly sensitive environments.
- Written and verbal communication, stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
- Demonstrable in-house experience.
- A keen business sense, with the ability to find creative business-oriented solutions to legal issues, balancing legal risks against business interests.
- A demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines in a fast-paced environment, prioritize workflow and adjust to frequent workload fluctuations.
- An ability to work independently while also being a collaborator with the ability to work with colleagues based in different locations.
- An ability to establish a “trusted advisor” relationship with executive and key business team members.
- A high tolerance for ambiguity and change.
- Passion for technology, the potential of digital transformation and Microsoft’s diverse range of products and services.
- Must have or be able to obtain the Developed Vetting (DV) clearance as issued by the United Kingdom Security Vetting Unit (UKSV).
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Önskade kvalifikationer
- Management experience and the ability to motivate and coach a team of security professionals.
- Some knowledge of UK Defence exports law and policy would be an advantage but not essential.
- Some knowledge of public procurement law would also be desirable to support public sector deals.
Förmåner
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/united-kingdom-corporate-pay.html
Färdigheter
Responsible AIAIcyber securitypublic procurementexport control
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MicrosoftPublicerade jobb
för 2 dagar sedan
Anställningstyp
Heltid
Arbetsform
Hybrid
Lön
100 100–150 100 GBP / år
Erfarenhetsnivå
Senior
Platser
London, United Kingdom
Reading, United Kingdom
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