Principal Corporate Counsel

Overview

The Microsoft Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA) AI & Research team has an immediate opening for a dynamic and highly motivated product attorney in the role of Principal Corporate Counsel. In this role you will join AI & Research CELA, the legal team responsible for supporting Microsoft’s efforts to develop and advance emerging and frontier technologies, with a primary portfolio focused on our AI-forward healthcare businesses.

You will provide legal support to Microsoft’s healthcare product business, partnering with engineering and business leaders building the next generation of AI-enabled products and services. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of frontier AI, product development, and a compelling market opportunity, helping teams move quickly and responsibly from technological innovation to products that can operate and scale globally.

Your portfolio will span AI and product counseling, healthcare-specific regulatory requirements, privacy, and transactional support for business development and product engineering teams. As part of the AI & Research legal team, you will also work across CELA on broader legal and policy issues presented by emerging AI technologies, bringing perspective to Microsoft’s broader approach to responsible AI development and deployment.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the Microsoft AI product engineering team, and related engineering and business teams developing AI-enabled products and services.

Provide strategic product counseling on emerging legal and regulatory issues involving AI and other frontier technologies, with particular responsibility for healthcare-specific laws and regulations and requirements applicable to Microsoft’s regulated healthcare customers.

Help clients develop creative, practical approaches that enable innovation and global scale while appropriately managing legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.

Collaborate with subject-matter experts across Microsoft to interpret complex and evolving requirements and recommend a clear course of action to senior business and engineering leaders.

Maintain strong, trusted-advisor relationships with business clients, engineering leaders, and executives.

Monitor developments across AI, healthcare regulation, privacy, and related fields and advise clients on their implications for Microsoft’s products and strategy.

Partner with colleagues across AI & Research CELA and the broader CELA organization to promote consistency in Microsoft’s approach to AI development and deployment, particularly where healthcare requirements intersect with broader emerging-technology issues.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 5+ years experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or an in-house legal department OR equivalent experience

Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.

Additional or preferred qualifications

Team player who enjoys partnering with cross-functional teams to solve complex issues in a highly matrixed environment.

Desire and ability to work as part of a diverse and inclusive team.

Legal experience in advising clients on healthcare AI and other cutting-edge AI and emerging technologies.

Ability to think creatively and strategically, and a sense of humor.

Ability to deliver impact through superior collaboration both independently and in a team.

Ability to adapt to and facilitate a team-based approach to knowledge sharing in a flexible environment that emphasizes collaboration and team performance over management hierarchy.

Highly motivated self-starter with demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines and manage competing priorities, and stay calm under challenging circumstances.

An aptitude for and interest in understanding technology, including a desire to apply technology, including AI, to improve the team’s legal work and improve efficiency.

Legal Counsel IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $132,200 - $232,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,800 - $248,600 per year.

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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.