Legal Assistant, AWS Legal

About This Role

Providing administrative assistance to the Amazon Web Services Products Legal team is the core of this role. The Legal Assistant will draft correspondence, coordinate agreement execution, maintain legal contracts, prepare status reports, and improve processes, while also handling general office tasks and coordinating legal and administrative matters with business groups.

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

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, helping to shape the future of AI and cloud computing.