NVIDIA
Senior Counsel, Business Partnerships and Strategic Transactions
$232K–$368K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of legal experience; in-house, at a law firm, or both.
- Education
- Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school.
About the job
Provides legal support for NVIDIA’s strategic business relationships by structuring, negotiating, and closing commercial and partnership transactions.
What you'll do
- Draft, review, and negotiate partnership and commercial agreements across hardware, software licensing, reseller, distributor, partner programs, marketing, and government contracts.
- Advise business teams on complex transactions with enterprise, cloud, public sector, and regulated customers.
- Create scalable legal playbooks, templates, and tools, and provide risk assessments for novel transactions.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of legal experience supporting commercial contracting and customer engagements.
- Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, including hardware, software licensing, and public sector transactions.
- Experience leading high-value, non-standard transactions end-to-end and advising business leaders with practical risk guidance.
- Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school; admitted and in good standing in the jurisdiction of hire, or otherwise authorized to practice law.
Nice to have
- Background or genuine interest in government and public sector commercial work, including procurement requirements and regulated-industry customers.
- Experience building or improving processes and supporting deals across practice areas.
Pay
232,000 USD - 368,000 USD (base salary)
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