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Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Trade Legal
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Aug 19, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft's Global Trade Legal team advances this mission through international trade policies, strategies and solutions that foster a culture of compliance, trust, and innovation across Microsoft and with our partners and customers worldwide. In the role of Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Trade Legal, you will focus on Microsoft's commitment to compliance with sanctions and export controls laws and regulations in the various countries and regions where Microsoft operates. In this role, you will lead the advancement and implementation of sanctions and export controls compliance strategies and solutions through engagement and collaboration with key business partners and stakeholders. You will also be responsible for legal guidance on sanctions and export controls issues. This role requires: sound, principled and consistent judgment in fast-paced ambiguous environments; a thorough understanding of sanctions and export controls laws and regulations, including those issued and administered by U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and comparable regulatory authorities in relevant jurisdictions; a track record of cross-collaboration; commitment to integrity; solution-driven creativity and a business-enabling mindset; the ability to drive clarity from the complex. The role will report into the Global Trade Legal team within Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA).
ResponsibilitiesCounsel Microsoft business and engineering teams and other key stakeholders on a broad range of sanctions and export controls-related regulatory, commercial, sanctions and government contracting matters. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage and further develop and implement Microsoft's sanctions and export controls compliance program in compliance with sanctions and export controls laws and regulations. Advance a collaborative and compliance-by-design environment that fosters trust in Microsoft while enabling business by: Partnering directly with internal business and engineering teams, serving as a trusted sanctions and export controls counsel and providing strategic and timely input in connection with business priorities. Overseeing and negotiating disclosures or government inquiry responses. Collaborating with businesses and key stakeholders to develop and implement end-to-end sanctions and export-compliance operational architectures. Preparing, updating, and implementing training, policies, and procedures. Identify and propose opportunities to reduce complexity and mitigate risk, including through automated solutions. Improve decision-making on key compliance issues by, for example, managing a coordinated approach to a complex problem. Monitor legal and regulatory developments; clearly communicate their impact to leadership and stakeholders. Employ creative approaches to resolving issues that arise in existing commercial and government contracting relationships, including pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. Develop and execute multilateral external engagement strategies that include advocating for innovative and effective sanctions and export control approaches to achieving national security and foreign policy objectives. | |