Description:
Overview:Are you a health technology attorney interested in working at the cutting edge of consumer health Artificial Inteligence (AI)?
The Corporate and External Legal Affairs (CELA) AI & Research legal team is hiring for a Senior Corporate Counsel to serve as a trusted adviser to the Microsoft AI engineering group that is working to evaluate and advance AI capabilities, particularly in clinical reasoning, and develop products and services to improve consumer health. In this role you will be partnered with business, engineering, and compliance teams to ensure Microsoft's AI technologies meet the highest standards of legal and ethical compliance. You will be responsible for a broad and varied portfolio of legal work what will include product counseling on general AI and health-specific regulatory compliance, privacy, and transactional support for business development and product engineering teams. You will also partner with other CELA colleagues to ensure consistency and uniformity of AI health support across Microsoft's various health-focused efforts.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our Culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- JD or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney
- OR equivalent experience
- Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction
Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years' experience with healthcare law, regulatory compliance, data privacy, or a related field in a law firm, government agency, or in-house legal department.
- Experience working with or within regulatory agencies (FDA, FTC, HHS, or international equivalents).
- Prior in-house experience at a technology or healthcare company, in roles supporting AI, digital health, or cloud-based healthcare solutions.
- 3+ years in-house counsel experience.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 14th, 2025.
By applying to this position, you are being considered for multiple like positions. Position specifics, including hiring team, location and position details, will be determined during the interview process. The job description should make clear the job responsibilities and required qualifications.
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Responsibilities:
Legal Advice and Counsel
- Identify and anticipate legal risks in the client's business, technology, public policy, and develop creative solutions to mitigate future risk.
- Manage and develop partnerships with outside counsel, draft novel policies and agreements, and negotiate transactional documents.
- Monitor and interpret evolving global, federal, and state regulatory frameworks governing health technology, AI, data privacy, and consumer protection.
- Provide proactive legal guidance to ensure Microsoft's AI offerings comply with HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, FDA regulations (where applicable), FTC guidance, and other relevant laws and standards.
- Advocate for Microsoft's interests by developing relationships with legal professionals, government officials, customers, and partners.
- Engage industry, business, and legal groups to drive our policy objectives, and take part in external outreach initiatives.
- Evaluate processes, develop policies and best practices, and provide continuous feedback to make the delivery of legal services within your work group significantly more efficient.
- Prioritize expenses according to the budget, and model compliance, privacy, and data security.
Communication:
- Ensure a coordinated CELA voice through broad collaboration across groups, management, and leaders. This will involve organizing and simplifying complex issues, and recommending clear courses of action.
- Embody our culture and values
