Associate General Counsel - General Corporate

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Position Overview:

The General Corporate Department of the Legal Division of Freddie Mac (Legal GCD) is seeking an attorney to join its legal staff as Associate General Counsel. In this role, you will provide legal advice and counsel on a wide range of transactions and other matters, including technology transactions, commercial contracts, data licensing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and other general corporate matters.

Our Impact:

Attorneys in the Legal GCD are key advisors to Freddie Mac with respect to various corporate legal matters, including contracting, information technology, privacy, information security, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, corporate real estate, corporate insurance, and other areas of general corporate practice.

Your Impact:

Serve as legal counsel providing legal analysis and advice

• Reviewing requests for proposals (RFPs), drafting, negotiating, and interpreting agreements with third parties providing services and technology to Freddie Mac, including outsourcing agreements, cloud-based service agreements, intellectual property licenses, confidentiality agreements and consulting agreements

• Advising clients with respect to legal issues arising in the context of these agreements, including compliance, privacy, data security, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and liability issues

• Support the provision of legal advice regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)

• Assisting clients with disputes

• Providing timely, practical, and sound advice to clients with respect to various other general corporate matters as they arise, including information-technology related issues, corporate real estate, corporate insurance, intellectual property issues, and privacy issues

• Developing training for clients and other attorneys

Qualifications:

• A Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited U.S. law school

• Membership in good standing in a state bar in any U.S. jurisdiction

• At least 10 years of legal experience dealing with sophisticated technology and commercial contracts, preferably at a major law firm or corporate law department

• Strong legal analytical and drafting skills

• Experience with software-as-a-service (SaaS), AI/ML, data licensing and other technology-related transactions

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Keys to Success in this Role:

• Ability to provide sound legal and business counsel, while clearly distinguishing between the two

• Ability to work comfortably and routinely as part of a team and to cooperate across organizational boundaries

• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple pending matters

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

• Accountability for timeliness and results

• Ability to work well with peers and to communicate to ensure consistency of legal advice and negotiating positions

• Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with third parties, including customers, regulators, and vendors

• Ability to accept feedback with a positive, growth mindset

• Outstanding oral presentation and persuasion skills

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $224,000 - $336,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.