Senior Corporate Counsel PSET

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Position Overview

Looking for the opportunity to use your legal skills to collaborate on cutting-edge technology? Are you passionate about delivering high-impact legal counsel that moves strategic business forward? If this sounds like you, read on!

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join Autodesk as legal business partner for the leaders and teams responsible for the Autodesk platform. In this role, you will provide strategic legal support for Autodesk platform teams, as well as partner with technical, business and legal colleagues across Autodesk on pivotal initiatives directly impacting the company’s ability to meet and exceed our strategic goals.

You will report to our Senior Director, Senior Corporate Counsel, and this position is hybrid based in Portland, Denver, or Boston.

Responsibilities

• As legal business partner, oversee management of legal affairs for Autodesk platform teams responsible for platform capabilities, strategy, infrastructure, offerings and programs

• Proactively partner with business leaders and team members (at all levels and in a variety of roles, including executives, software engineers, product management, business strategists and marketers) to build a trusted advisor relationship and provide global, strategic and business-focused legal counsel

• Advise on the legal implications of new technology, new business models, new strategies, and the ever-changing landscape of global laws and initiatives

• Identify and drive resolution of a variety of product counseling issues including intellectual property, data privacy and security, AI governance, competition, marketing and other legal and regulatory issues

• Negotiate, draft and advise on complex commercial, licensing and intellectual property agreements, including strategic partnerships and inbound technology (e.g., SaaS services and AI/ML models and tools)

• Collaborate with legal colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders across the Company to achieve strategic initiatives, such as generative AI and foundation models and Autodesk’s developer ecosystem

• Work closely with legal colleagues to provide consistent and business-aware legal advice across the division and the company. Create connections and collaborate with legal colleagues supporting product/platform on all relevant aspects of the business

• Develop and implement processes, trainings, and risk positions to enable rapid business execution while mitigating risk

Minimum Qualifications

• JD degree from ABA accredited university and member in good standing of at least one US State Bar

• 6+ years practicing law, both at a law firm and in-house with a technology company

• Experience with cloud platforms, infrastructure and services

• Experience advising on the legal and ethical implications of AI. General familiarity with technical aspects of AI, including machine learning and generative AI models

• Product counseling experience, including advising on intellectual property issues

• Experience negotiating complex technology transactions

• Experience advising on global data privacy, data governance and compliance matters

• Practical and flexible; able to handle ambiguity, juggle multiple matters at once, prioritize and shift from one situation to another

• Ability to explain complex issues in an understandable and straightforward way tailored to the audience

• Adept as taking a business-enabling approach; able to come up with creative, pragmatic solutions that achieve corporate objectives while mitigating legal risk

• Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to interact authentically and professionally at all levels and with a wide variety of roles

• Enthusiastic about solving problems and making a positive impact to the company

• Committed to continuous learning and personal development

• Collaborative team player who is adept at working with, and learning from, colleagues to drive results

• Intellectual curiosity, solid sense of humor and humility

• Prior in-house experience in a SAAS, PAAS, or IAAS company highly desirable

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $169,200 and $273,680. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging and an equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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