Senior Counsel, Trade

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's Most Experienced Driver™-to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.

In this hybrid role, you will report to an Managing Counsel.

You will:

• Advise business, product, and technical teams on trade regulations, including US and international export control regimes.
• Advise on a variety of hardware and supply chain regulations, including equipment certifications (e.g., FCC, FDA and CE), connected vehicle compliance, country of origin tracing, and forced labor diligence. 
• Interact directly with regulators and work closely with Waymo's Policy team to engage lawmakers on trade and supply chain regulation matters.
• Manage trade and supply chain regulation compliance matters, including investigations and audits.
• Develop vision, strategy, and implementation for complying with evolving and complex international trade and supply chain regulations.

You have:

• JD degree with a strong academic record, state bar membership, and 10+ years of relevant legal experience.
• Solid background on and understanding of various cross-legal issues associated with trade, supply chain, equipment certification and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in three or more of the following: export regulations, BIS audits and investigations, sanctions compliance and investigations, FCC certifications and licensing, and US rule making.
• Experience with understanding cross-functional perspectives and navigating ambiguity. Ability to identify and create streamlined processes to support a growing company.
• Execution-oriented individual with strong interpersonal, communication, and team skills. Experience presenting to senior management and engineering teams.
• Eagerness to work in a startup environment to help drive our fast-paced and dynamic business within an emerging and rapidly developing industry.

We prefer:

• Over 15 years of relevant legal experience.
• Prior in-house experience working side-by-side with engineering, supply chain, logistics, partnerships, marketing, and leadership teams to spot, address, and counsel on trade compliance issues.
• Experience advising business and product teams on trade regulations, building out trade compliance programs, and developing strategies to minimize corresponding business risks.
• Experience supporting regulatory compliance of new and emerging technologies internationally, such as advanced chips, AI or quantum computing.
• Experience working with legal teams and cross-functional partners located in different countries.
• Experience advising on inbound/outbound investment regulations and/or DOJ's data export regulations.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 20%

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. 

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements. 

Salary Range

$298,000—$368,000 USD