Legal Assistant, AWS Legal

About This Role

Supporting the Amazon Web Services Products Legal team, the Legal Assistant provides administrative assistance. This role involves drafting correspondence, coordinating agreement execution, maintaining legal contracts, and improving processes, making it suitable for a smart and self-motivated individual.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end execution of commercial agreements across the APJ region, including tracking signature workflows and maintaining contract databases
• Draft and send routine correspondence to business teams regarding contract status, next steps, and outstanding items
• Maintain and organize legal contract repositories, ensuring documents are accurately filed and easily retrievable
• Prepare weekly and monthly status reports on contract pipeline, open matters, and team workload
• Manage calendaring, scheduling, and logistics for the legal team
• Track and reconcile team budget and vendor invoices
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency
• Coordinate with business groups on administrative and legal matters, serving as a reliable point of contact

Requirements

• 1+ years of professional or military experience
• 1+ years of administrative assistant experience
• Knowledge of basic computer business applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook
• Experience handling confidential information

Nice to have:

• Experience in contract management
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of the ethical considerations surrounding AI in the legal context, such as confidentiality, accuracy, and bias prevention

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

About the Company

Our legal team at AWS is a collaborative, forward-thinking group dedicated to supporting one of the most innovative technology companies globally. The team helps shape the future of AI and cloud computing, valuing intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking, and the ability to transform complex legal challenges into clear, actionable guidance.