Senior Counsel, Strategic Partnerships & Transactions

NVIDIA Corporation; California; On-site; USD 232,000 - 368,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an outstanding Senior Counsel, Business Partnerships & Strategic Transactions, to support strategic relationships by structuring, negotiating, and closing agreements behind accelerated computing and AI infrastructure powering our products.

You'll partner closely with business leaders, fellow attorneys, and outside counsel on diverse workstreams, translating complex legal issues into practical risk guidance while maintaining rigor and speed in negotiations.

Qualifications

• 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 meeting demanding timelines.
• Recognized as a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating complex legal issues into clear risk guidance.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school; admitted to the bar in good standing in the jurisdiction of hire, or authorized to practice law.

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 business teams through complex deal cycles with enterprise, cloud, public sector, and highly regulated customers across industries.
• Build scalable legal infrastructure: playbooks, templates, and tools to enable teams to move fast with rigor.
• Assist with novel and technically complex transactions, translating cross-cutting legal issues into clear risk assessments that advance NVIDIA's mission and goals.

Skills

Drafting & negotiation

Transaction management

Risk assessment

Executive advisory

Education

Juris Doctor (US law)

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an outstanding Senior Counsel, Business Partnerships & Strategic Transactions, to support strategic relationships by structuring, negotiating, and closing agreements behind accelerated computing and AI infrastructure powering our products.

You'll partner closely with business leaders, fellow attorneys, and outside counsel on diverse workstreams, translating complex legal issues into practical risk guidance while maintaining rigor and speed in negotiations.