Export Compliance Associate Counsel, Sanctions Investigations

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Washington, DC, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• JD or equivalent degree.

• 3 years of post JD experience in export control laws and conducting investigations.

• Admitted to the bar in the state where the position is located and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g. have registered in-house status).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience handling Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) enforcement actions and government inquiries and engaging with regulators.
• Experience working in-house on investigations related to sanctioned countries and restricted parties.
• Experience with regulatory and/or corporate investigations, including strategically addressing, minimizing, and avoiding regulatory risk.
• Experience with high-risk incident response and working with internet and technology companies.
• Proficiency with OFAC sanctions, the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

About the job

As an Export Compliance Associate Counsel on Sanctions Investigations, you will strive to fulfill the team mission of identifying and mitigating relevant legal risks in a non-traditional and ever changing business. In this role, you will act as an advisor to members of Google Legal's Export team, and cross- functional partners, such as Product Counsel, Security Operations, and Regulatory Investigations, and outside counsel. You will ensure compliance with applicable export control and economic sanction laws. You'll assist in navigating the uncertain aspects of our business future, utilizing creative ways, and staying true to Google's ethical standards.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal investigations related to countries and parties subject to US sanctions or export controls.
• Partner cross-functionally with members of Google Legal's export team to assess and respond to regulatory requests and other matters involving government regulators.
• Develop investigation methodologies, process results, offer recommendations, and prepare memorandum and presentations describing the same. 
• Assist in developing and implementing sanctions and export-control related compliance processes.
• Act as an advisor to key stakeholders across Google product areas in regards to impending and placed sanctions.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.