Senior Corporate Counsel, Devices, AGI and Books Legal EMEA

We are looking for a talented and experienced attorney to help support some of our most cutting-edge machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives, as we continue to bring delightful new products and services to our customers around the world. You will be responsible for providing legal support to our European policy teams and other internal stakeholders on AI regulatory, compliance and copyright issues.

You will advise one or more business teams and business leaders and other internal stakeholders on a broad range of public policy, regulatory, compliance and copyright issues involving artificial intelligence and machine learning like the EU AI Act, national AI legislation, international AI treaties and AI copyright legislative initiatives.

You will partner closely with legal and public policy colleagues in the U.S. and across the globe, scientists, engineers, and other cross-functional stakeholders to develop policy positions, and you will be a critical member of the team supporting European policy engagement.

You will also help drive responses on regulatory engagement related to AI in Europe and support the development of relationships with relevant regulators. And you’ll do all of this with support from and in collaboration with a dynamic, experienced, and global team of lawyers at Amazon Legal.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be curious, innovative, and enthusiastic about tech. You should enjoy being challenged, demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations, and thrive in a team-oriented environment

You will be part of Amazon's Devices, AGI and Books EMEA legal team with a diverse group of lawyers located in various offices across the region providing legal support to Amazon's devices, Alexa, AGI, Kindle and books businesses in the EMEA region.

• Fully qualified lawyer with excellent academics.
• Significant post-qualification experience, with a minimum of 10+ years post bar admission.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to manage teams and act as a business partner to our business teams.
• Outstanding legal and business judgment; Strong strategic organizational and project management skills, drafting, negotiation, analytical, management and leadership skills.
• Excellent English language skills that include the ability to draft and negotiate contracts.
• Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and to work well with all levels of employees and management.

• Previous knowledge or experience with legal and regulatory issues related to AI is preferred.
• Combination of law firm and in-house experience a plus
• Proficiency in an additional language apart from English (German, French, Italian or Spanish) preferred

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