Senior Counsel, Business Partnerships and Strategic Transactions

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate business partnership and commercial agreements across NVIDIA’s global business: hardware, software licensing, reseller, distributor, partner programs, marketing, and government contracts.
• Collaborate with the business teams through complex deal cycles with sophisticated enterprise, cloud, public sector, and highly regulated customers, and among a diverse spectrum of industries and verticals.
• Build scalable legal infrastructure: playbooks, templates, and tools that enable business teams to move fast without sacrificing rigor.
• Assist with novel and technically complex transactions, translating cross-cutting legal issues into clear risk assessments that advance NVIDIA’s mission and goals.
• What we need to see
• 10+ years of legal experience supporting commercial contracting and customer engagements, in-house, at a law firm, or both.
• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills with experience handling hardware, software licensing, and public sector transactions.
• Track record of running point on high-value, non-standard transactions end-to-end, collaborating with internal stakeholders and keeping deals moving on demanding timelines while exercising sound judgment and seeking help when needed.
• Recognized as a trusted advisor to business leaders, known for turning complex legal issues into clear, practical risk guidance.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school; admitted to the bar and in good standing in the jurisdiction of hire, or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., registered in-house status).

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