Remote Legal Counsel
at Western Digital

Summary

Join Western Digital as a Contract Management Organization team member to provide high-quality legal counsel and support to the Procurement Organization. This full-time position will report to the Senior Legal Counsel and is based at Western Digital's office in Milpitas, California or Irvine, California (or may be Remote for the right candidate).

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant transactional experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements
• Self-starter who takes ownership of work and demonstrates the ability to work independently and collaboratively with others in a team environment
• Ability to effectively identify goals and communicate and identify risks and proposed go-forward strategies with internal business clients
• Experience working in (or with) technology companies or in the technology industry is preferred
• Strong attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects
• Track record of providing high-quality, timely results on a wide variety of contract matters
• Juris Doctorate (JD) from accredited law school
• Current member of California State Bar in good standing or Registered In-house Counsel in California

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and finalizing commercial contracts
• Identifying and advising internal clients on risks associated with each transaction
• Overseeing the work product of contract managers
• Working closely with team members within the Contract Management Organization and various teams within the Legal Department
• Supporting and improving various aspects of the contract management process to drive efficiency
• Working on special projects, as needed

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan