Amazon’s Legal Department is looking for a talented lawyer to support a energetic and rapidly growing operations business in India. Lawyers at Amazon are trusted members of the business team. Our work is intellectually stimulating, exciting and fast-paced. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business. We invite you to join us to be part of shaping Amazon’s future, maintaining customer trust
The Associate Corporate Counsel will be responsible for providing legal support to operations of our last mile delivery network, gig workforce programs, and other innovative business launches. In addition, this role will serve as the AI stimulator and program manager for the India Operations Legal team – driving adoption of AI tools, streamlining legal workflows, and managing cross-functional programs that enhance team efficiency and delivery.
Key job responsibilities
You will serve as a lawyer responsible for counseling the business on a broad range of labour and employment, gig economy, transportation, compliance, and regulatory matters. You will:
- Structure, draft and negotiate commercial transactions and provide day-to-day operational legal support.
- Provide legal guidance on gig workforce regulations, platform-based work models, and evolving state and central labour law frameworks for our Flex, Hub and Quick Commerce verticals.
- Support compliance strategy for last mile operations including driver engagement models, enforcement programs, EV adoption and various other modes of transport.
- Build in-depth knowledge of the Code on Social Security, and state-specific gig/platform worker legislations, you will lead the advocacy efforts and compliance frameworks under the laws.
- Handle contingencies and escalations requiring immediate legal support, including regulatory interactions, law enforcement matters, and crisis response for North and East regions.
- Serve as the AI stimulator for the Ops Legal team – identifying opportunities t