Senior Corporate Counsel - Corporate

QTS Data Centers; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

QRest Sabbatical

Employee Stock Purchase

Tuition assistance

Paid volunteer days

Job summary

QTS Data Centers in Duluth, Georgia, is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to provide business-focused legal advice across corporate, commercial, and compliance matters. The role involves supporting internal stakeholders, managing legal risks, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

The ideal candidate will have a J.D. and 5+ years of relevant legal experience, along with strong skills in legal compliance and risk management. The position includes competitive benefits such as a 401(k) retirement plan and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience practicing law, specifically in corporate matters and compliance.
• Ability to work independently and in team settings while managing legal risks.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical legal advice to business partners to support operations.
• Manage outside counsel and corporate matters, including compliance.
• Monitor laws impacting business and implement policies for compliance.

Skills

Legal compliance

Risk management

Employment law

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

ERP Systems

DocuSign

Job description

Senior Corporate Counsel

Senior Corporate Counsel is a member of the Legal Department who provides practical, business-focused counsel across a broad range of corporate, commercial, and compliance matters. This role partners closely with internal stakeholders to support key transactions and initiatives, manage legal risk, and help ensure the Company’s policies, processes, and operations align with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

What You Will Do

• Research, analyze, and provide practical legal advice to business partners on complex matters supporting the Company’s operations and strategic initiatives, and deliver day-to-day counsel to help identify and manage legal risk while driving timely, actionable solutions.
• Manage outside counsel, counterparties, and other third parties as needed.
• Manage general corporate matters and related business processes, including legal entity management and contracting support (intercompany agreements, commercial contracts, and other strategic transaction documents), as well as corporate and policy governance and compliance program administration in partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Monitor and advise on evolving laws and regulations impacting the business, assess applicability and compliance risk, and partner with internal stakeholders to implement practical policies, processes, and training to support ongoing compliance, including with environmental, employment, and privacy laws.
• Provide legal support on employment-related matters, including hiring, separations, compensation and incentive programs, employment policies, and other employment-related requests.
• Provide legal review and guidance on marketing, advertising, and external communications, including third-party requests and public relations materials, to ensure alignment with legal, regulatory, and brand standards.
• Periodically assist with diverse, high-demand legal projects outside normal areas of focus.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need to Be Successful

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials.
• 5+ years of experience practicing law, with a focus on general corporate matters, legal compliance, and risk management, plus demonstrated experience or interest in employment and dispute/litigation matters.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Hands‑on, self‑starter who is disciplined and detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently as well as in a team setting that requires a highly accurate and timely work product.
• Excellent listening, written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn ERP systems.
• Excels in a team‑oriented work environment.
• Strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced and evolving business environment.
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, and Co‑Pilot), Box, and DocuSign.
• Excellent analytical, time‑management, judgment, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Possess ambition and an optimistic attitude.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and demands.
• Strong problem‑solving and negotiation skills.
• Able to take initiative with little direction.

The Perks (and these are just a few!)

• QRest Sabbatical
• Employee Stock Purchase
• QTS scholarship for dependents
• Eagle Club award trip eligibility
• Paid volunteer days
• Tuition assistance, parental leave and military leave assistance

Total Rewards

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.

This position is bonus eligible.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.

Additional Information

QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.