Description

Amazon is a leader in global e-commerce. We’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Lawyers at Amazon are trusted members of the business. Our work is intellectually challenging, exciting and fast-paced. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business.

Like everyone at Amazon, we’re passionate about our customers. We are offering a unique opportunity for a talented and ambitious competition lawyer to work at the forefront of the most interesting and challenging competition matters.

This position will advise the business and senior leadership on strategic matters, be responsible for competition-related enforcement and regulatory matters across Europe, and help shape the company’s long-term strategy on highly relevant and novel issues.

Key job responsibilities

• Drive competition and related regulatory matters across the EU and member states – including Germany – while partnering with local legal teams.

• Advise the business and legal colleagues on competition-related matters across all Amazon businesses in Europe.

• Help shape the company’s long term strategy on high impact and often novel issues.

• Think Big and look around corners to spot issues and identify developments of relevance for the Amazon business.

• Partner with our public policy team and engage with regulators and policy makers on a broad range of issues.

• Contribute as a member of the EU Competition team to develop mechanisms for training, compliance, and cross-functional coordination.

The role location is Munich, Brussels, Berlin or Luxembourg. Some travel will be required.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Brussels, BEL

Basic Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer with outstanding academic and legal qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in competition law

• Experience in managing competition-related regulatory and enforcement matters at EU level and member states, with demonstrated experience in Germany.

• Experience managing a large number and variety of mission-critical projects and meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Written and verbal communication skills in German

• Sound and practical business judgment as well as common sense

• Ability to work independently in ambiguous situations while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams

• A team player and consensus builder with great people skills and a good sense of humor who can effectively and efficiently collaborate and build relationships with attorneys and business clients at all levels throughout the organization

• Highest standards of ethics and professional integrity

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.