Associate Corporate Counsel, Amazon
AWS Legal SMGS
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The largest online retailer and technology provider
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The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have experience with Federal Government procurement authorities and be familiar with government contracts dispute resolution processes
- The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy working hard and being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations
- J.D. and a member in good standing of a provincial bar
- 2+ years of public sector legal experience
Desirable
- Knowledge of Canadian public sector procurement processes and contracting laws, rules, and regulations
- Experience in reviewing, negotiating, and advising on Federal Government contracts and procurement rules and regulations
- Proficiency in French (oral and written)
- Experience in-house at a technology company, law firm, or government agency advising clients in the government contracting or technology industry
- Experience in reviewing and negotiating legal terms of a broad range of enterprise technology commercial contracts
What the job involves
- AWS is looking for a talented public procurement lawyer to join the AWS World Wide Public Sector Legal team supporting Canada public sector customers
- This Associate Corporate Counsel will support AWS's public sector sales teams by negotiating, drafting, and advising on a wide range of procurement, technology licensing, and compliance matters involving Federal Government customers
- This position will also assist with contract compliance issues
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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