Senior Counsel, Business Partnerships & Strategic Transactions

NVIDIA is looking for an outstanding business lawyer to join the legal team as Senior Counsel, Business Partnerships & Strategic Transactions. You will support NVIDIA's strategic business relationships by structuring, negotiating, and closing agreements related to accelerated computing and AI infrastructure.

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 sophisticated enterprise, cloud, public sector, and highly regulated customers.
• Build scalable legal infrastructure: playbooks, templates, and tools that enable business teams to move fast without sacrificing rigor.
• Assist with novel and technically complex transactions, translating cross-cutting legal issues into clear risk assessments that advance NVIDIA's mission and goals.

Requirements:

• 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 keeping deals moving on demanding timelines while exercising sound judgment and seeking help when needed.
• Recognized as a trusted advisor to business leaders, known for turning complex legal issues into clear, practical risk guidance.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school; admitted to the bar and in good standing in the jurisdiction of hire, or otherwise authorized to practice law.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Energized to support deals that span practice areas and shift with NVIDIA's business.
• Equally ready to support routine agreements as to lead first-of-its-kind deals and willing to pick up whatever the business needs.
• Background or genuine interest in government and public sector commercial work, including government procurement requirements and regulated-industry customers.
• Systems thinker who goes beyond the deal in front of them to build or improve the process for next time.
• Curious and low-ego: you ask questions, seek help from others, learn the technology and the business, and know the best answer can come from anyone and a self-starter who manages priorities with minimal direction and collaborates easily across functions and disciplines.

Compensation: Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.