Corporate Counsel, Product

Job Requisition ID #

25WD92604

Autodesk is seeking an enthusiastic product attorney who enjoys partnering with business colleagues to understand their objectives, ensure product readiness, and help solve problems for our customers. You have experience distilling complex legal issues into actionable advice. You will provide a broad range of legal support to product manager, engineering, user experience, platform, industry strategy, and strategic partnerships teams serving the PDMS (Product Development and Manufacturing Solutions) group. You will also help support strategic partnerships, M&A, and integration projects. If you join our team, you'll be immersed in innovation and surrounded by inspiring and engaging people, and we strive to create a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

You will report to the Director and Senior Corporate Counsel. This position will be hybrid and based out of our Portland, Boston, Denver, or Toronto offices.

Responsibilities:

• Participate as a business partner to leaders and teams serving the PDMS industry and build a trusted advisor relationship. Engage with team members at all levels, including product management, software engineers, data scientists, analytics, marketing and business strategy.
  
• Support product development, readiness and release by identifying and driving resolution of issues related to intellectual property, artificial intelligence, data use, confidentiality, privacy, marketing, competition, regionalization, and other legal and regulatory issues.
  
• Draft, review and negotiate a variety of agreements critical to our product teams, including those relating to cloud service offerings, inbound technology licensing, artificial intelligence tools and services, other vendor services, developer programs, open-source projects, and technology and strategic partnerships.
  
• Learn and advise on the legal implications of new technologies and business models.
  
• Help develop and implement programs for policy and process improvements to enable teams to move faster and smarter.
  
• Support M&A activities for specified product areas, including due diligence reviews, advising on transaction structure, execution, and integration matters, with a focus on intellectual property and go-to-market issues.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• You have a JD (Juris Doctorate) degree from an ABA accredited university and are in good standing as a member of the Bar.
  
• You have 4+ years of experience providing legal support in product, IP, data use and privacy, tech transactions, or combination of these skills.
  
• Software and cloud service business experience, either at a law firm or corporate legal department; global experience preferred.
  
• Experience negotiating complex technology transactions.
  
• Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to interact authentically and professionally at all levels and with a wide variety of roles.
• Ability to explain complex issues in an understandable and straightforward way tailored to the audience.
• Practical and flexible. Able to handle ambiguity, juggle multiple matters at once, prioritize and shift from one situation to another.
• Enthusiastic about solving problems and making a positive impact to the company.
• Adept as taking a business-enabling approach. Able to come up with creative, pragmatic solutions that achieve corporate objectives while mitigating legal risk.
• Committed to continuous learning and personal development.
• Collaborative team player who is adept at working with, and learning from, colleagues to drive results.
• Passionate about technology and incorporates tech solutions into daily life, frequently questioning and exploring concerns behind new technological features and functionalities, with a strong desire to understand how those features and functionalities are developed, marketed and launched preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• A background in electrical, computer or mechanical engineering/applied science/computer science
  

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About Autodesk

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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $147,500 and $238,590. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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