Legal Counsel

WHAT IS BOX? 

Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leader in Intelligent Content Management. Our platform enables organizations to fuel collaboration, manage the entire content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows with enterprise AI. We help companies thrive in the new AI-first era of business. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including JLL, Morgan Stanley, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to continue driving our platform forward. Content powers how we work. It’s the billions of files and information flowing across teams, departments, and key business processes every single day: contracts, invoices, employee records, financials, product specs, marketing assets, and more. Our mission is to bring intelligence to the world of content management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU 

The Box Legal team is looking for a commercial attorney with experience in cloud computing transactions, AI and global privacy laws. You will be joining a team of legal professionals that supports our go-to-market activities in the United States and abroad, with a focus on drafting, negotiating and closing commercial transactions for the purchase of Box's products and services.

We have a culture of collective success - we celebrate our wins together, learn from our "fail fast" moments together, and look to lift each other up every day. This position is a tremendous opportunity for a candidate with a passion for working on sophisticated agreements and driving business outcomes in a fast-paced environment to join an established legal department and add significant value to a dynamic company with a growing customer base and product portfolio.

The role will work with stakeholders primarily located in the Western United States and is expected to be available during California working hours. The role is based in Box’s corporate headquarters in Redwood City, CA.

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

• Independently draft, review and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements involving nuanced technical, commercial, data protection, privacy, and intellectual property issues

• Drive business outcomes and provide actionable advice to sales leadership, executive management, and other internal stakeholders on a broad range of complex legal, business and strategic issues

• Collaborate across organizations including finance, order management, engineering, product, security, global risk and compliance, and more

• Contribute to broader team initiatives such as sales enablement, AI agentic development, knowledge management and team playbooks

WHO YOU ARE

We are an AI-first company. This means you approach your work with a growth mindset and find ways to leverage AI to help make faster, smarter decisions that will 10X your impact at Box.

Required skills

• 5+ years of relevant post-law school experience

• Accredited law degree and a current and active license to practice law in the United States

• Demonstrated technical understanding and proficiency in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including multi-jurisdictional transactions, cloud services, AI use and governance provisions, and related professional services and support

• Previous work with US and EU privacy and data protection regulations including the EU Data Act, EU DORA, HIPAA, HITECH, CCPA/CPRA, and GDPR.

Preferred skills

• Experience providing in-house legal support to companies with business operations on a global scale 

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and manage multiple business expectations in a fast paced environment

• Exposure to complex procurement processes, including US federal, state and local government sales

Box lives its values, with community and in-person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 3 days per week.Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in. If you are head-over-heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

Box makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete this form. Reasonable accommodations may include scheduling adjustments, document dictation and beyond.

Notice to applicants in Los Angeles:  Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chair Ordinance.  The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. 

Notice to applicants in San Francisco:  Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chair Ordinance.  The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. 

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