Senior Legal Counsel

Megaport; California; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Generous leave plans

Wellbeing support

Study leave & training allowance

Modern, collaborative workspaces

Job summary

Megaport seeks an experienced senior technology lawyer to join our global Legal team, focusing on complex commercial arrangements and high-priority initiatives within our compute division.

Reporting to the CLO and collaborating with leadership, you will shape commercial structures, manage risk, and drive deals with major enterprise customers, hyperscalers, and strategic partners worldwide.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience as a lawyer, ideally in-house in tech, data centre, cloud, telecom, infrastructure or SaaS.
• Admission and good standing in at least one US jurisdiction.
• Experience leading complex, high-value commercial transactions with sophisticated counterparties.
• Strong technology transactions experience and ability to understand underlying commercial/technical models.

Responsibilities

• Support complex and strategic transactions for data centre procurement and customer agreements.
• Partner with the Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership and senior stakeholders.
• Advise on legal/commercial structures of strategic partnerships across cloud, networking, data centres, infrastructure, compute, storage, software and services.
• Lead negotiations with global tech companies, cloud providers, partners and major customers.
• Advise on technology, data, privacy, IP, cybersecurity and regulatory issues in transactions.
• Support strategic initiatives and confidential projects for the CLO and leadership.
• Act as a trusted senior member of the Legal team and mentor colleagues.
• Provide coverage to the global legal team during busy periods.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows and improve contracting processes.

Skills

In-house experience

Tech/Cloud focus

C-suite collaboration

Negotiation skills

Drafting skills

Commercial judgment

Regulatory awareness

Education

US bar admission

Job description

About Megaport

We’re not your typical tech company – and we don’t want to be. Megaport is the global leader in Network as a Service (NaaS), and has transformed the way businesses connect to the cloud, data centers, and each other. We’re publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and partnered with the biggest names in tech like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, IBM, and more. Headquartered in Brisbane with a crew of over 600 people spread across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, our employees enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and (actually) fun.

Our Team Culture

We’re a team of problem solvers, pixel pushers, code slingers, and cloud fanatics. Culture is more than a poster on the wall here – collaboration beats hierarchy, curiosity fuels our growth, and everyone’s voice matters. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We work across time zones to execute on our global vision, trust each other to get things done, and never compromise our values for commercial gain. Most importantly, we place our customers at the center of everything we do.

We’re committed to increasing representation in the tech industry and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Don’t meet every requirement? That’s okay. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Why This Role Rocks

We’re looking for a senior technology lawyer to join Megaport's global Legal team, with a particular focus on supporting complex commercial arrangements and high-priority initiatives, with a focus on our high-growth compute division.

Reporting to and working closely with the Chief Legal Officer, as well as legal team leaders, this role will partner directly with Megaport's senior leadership on some of the company's most important commercial and strategic legal matters.

You’ll be brought into opportunities early and will help the business work through the commercial structure, risk allocation and path to execution.

The work will include major technology partnerships, strategic customer and supplier arrangements, infrastructure and capacity deals, new products and routes to market, complex global commercial arrangements and other strategic initiatives being driven by the CLO and senior leadership.

This isn't primarily a high-volume contract review role. We’re looking for someone who enjoys working on unusual and high-value matters: understanding what really matters, getting across the commercial drivers quickly, and helping senior stakeholders get deals done. Ready to drive impact at cloud-speed? Let’s go!

What You'll Be Doing

• Getting deals done – You’ll support complex and strategic transactions for data centre procurement and customer agreements, moving quickly through negotiation to execution.

• Partner directly with the Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership and other senior stakeholders on high-priority legal matters, primarily focused on supporting our compute division.

• Advise on the legal and commercial structure of strategic partnerships involving cloud, networking, data centres, infrastructure, compute, storage, software and other technology services.

• Lead negotiations with sophisticated counterparties, including global technology companies, cloud providers, infrastructure providers, strategic partners, major enterprise customers and suppliers.

• Advise on technology, data, privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity and regulatory issues arising from strategic transactions.

• Support the CLO, and work closely with legal team leaders, on special projects and strategic initiatives, including matters that may be commercially sensitive, confidential or require a high degree of judgement.

• Act as a trusted senior member of the Legal team and sounding board for colleagues dealing with complex commercial issues.

• Provide support to the broader global legal team during busy periods.

• Look for opportunities to simplify how we work, improve our contracting approach and make it easier for the business to execute without compromising on the things that matter.

What You Bring

• Significant post-qualification experience as a lawyer (between 7-10 years), ideally including a large part of this experience working in-house in a technology, data centre, cloud, telecommunications, infrastructure or SaaS environment.

• Admission and good standing in at least one US jurisdiction.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex, high-value or strategically important commercial transactions with sophisticated counterparties.

• Strong technology transactions experience. You should be comfortable getting into the detail of technology and infrastructure arrangements and understanding how the underlying commercial and technical model affects the contract.

• Experience working directly with C-suite executives and senior business leaders, with the confidence to challenge constructively, exercise judgement and provide a clear recommendation.

• Exceptional commercial judgement. You understand the business’ risk appetite and know the difference between a legal issue that genuinely matters and one that can be managed pragmatically.

• Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to hold your own across the table from experienced legal, commercial and executive teams at large global technology companies.

• Excellent drafting skills, particularly where the transaction requires something bespoke rather than relying on a standard template.

• A strong bias toward plain English, practical and commercial advice and solutions.

• The ability to take an ambiguous problem, work out what needs to happen and drive it through to an outcome with a high degree of independence.

• Intellectual curiosity and an interest in technology. You don't need to be an engineer, but you should want to understand how the products, infrastructure and commercial models you're advising on actually work.

• Strong stakeholder instincts. You can build credibility quickly, read the room and adapt your communication style depending on whether you're talking with engineers, sales leaders, external lawyers or executives.

• The ability to manage several significant matters simultaneously across different jurisdictions and time zones without losing sight of what is commercially important.

• High levels of integrity, discretion and professional judgement.

It Would Be Great If You Also Have

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, Network as a Service, telecommunications, data centres, AI infrastructure or adjacent technology sectors.

• Experience negotiating with hyperscalers or other major global technology companies.

• Experience with strategic alliances, joint go-to-market arrangements, capacity or infrastructure agreements, complex procurement arrangements or new product launches.

• Exposure to corporate transactions, investments, acquisitions or other strategic corporate projects.

• Experience working in a fast-growing, global or publicly listed technology company.

What Success Looks Like

You’ll know you’re succeeding when senior leaders bring you into important opportunities early, because they value your commercial judgement and know you’ll help find a way forward.

You’ll be someone the CLO can rely on to take ownership of complex matters, work effectively with senior stakeholders and counterparties, and turn ambiguity into a clear path to execution.

Most importantly, you’ll help Megaport pursue ambitious opportunities while making thoughtful decisions about risk – and you'll be known as a lawyer who helps the business get great deals done.

What We Offer

• Flexible working environment – a remote-first culture with coworking options available.
• Generous leave plans – including 4 weeks of paid annual leave, parental leave, birthday leave, and a purchased annual leave program.
• Health and wellness support – through a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives.
• Comprehensive learning support – generous study and training allowance plus 5 days of paid study leave
• Creative, modern workspaces – designed to inspire when you're not working remotely
• Motivated, inclusive team – work alongside industry experts and fresh talent
• Recognition programs – celebrate achievements with our Legend and Kudos awards

$180,000 - $230,000 a year

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