Senior Counsel

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (Irvine, California or San Jose, California)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Western Digital is seeking a Contract Management professional to provide legal advice and support to Procurement and Engineering organizations. This role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements. The position reports to the Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel, Contract Management Organization.

Company Information

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible. At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and finalizing commercial contracts, including:
  • Professional services agreements
  • Purchase agreements
  • Joint development agreements
  • Engineering agreements
  • License agreements
  • Engagement letters
  • Statements of Works
  • Amendments
  • Other business/legal/technology related documents
• Identifying and advising internal clients on risks associated with commercial transactions and proposing risk mitigation strategies.
• Working closely with contract managers and administrators within the Contract Management Organization.
• Supporting various aspects of the contract management process, including playbooks, templates, and efforts to streamline contract operations.
• Working on special projects with members of Contract Management Organization, as needed.

Requirements

• Experience: 5-8 years of relevant transactional experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial and/or technology agreements.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in a technology company and industry with strong IP/patent knowledge.