Hybrid Senior Manager, Legal - Commercial at Digital Realty Trust, L.P.

Position Title:  Sr. Legal Counsel - Real Estate and Development NAM

Location: San Francisco, CA

Your role

This position, based in San Francisco, is an opportunity to join our Real Estate and Operations legal team as a senior attorney supporting members of our portfolio management, design and construction, property operations, energy and sustainability, and global procurement teams on real property, construction, and procurement matters. The successful candidate will be diligent, self-motivated and proactive, able to handle and prioritize time-sensitive projects in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, and have demonstrated excellent legal skills, business judgment, strategic thinking and the ability to work independently and in team settings.

Primarily, you will responsible for (i) drafting and negotiating global and local agreements for procurement of equipment, materials and services related to development, operation and maintenance of data center properties, (ii) drafting and negotiating data center property and operational documents, including design and construction agreements, energy procurement agreements and other agreements related to North America data center properties, and (iii) provide internal clients sound advice regarding risks, legal terms and negotiation strategy with respect to data center property development, ownership and operation, including CC&Rs, joint venture arrangements, easements, development entitlements, environmental matters, sustainability arrangements and energy procurement. The role anticipates the ability to take ownership of complex transactions from a legal perspective, with discernment to appropriately escalate legal risks.

The Role:

• Draft, negotiate and review construction and design contracts, service agreements, and agreements for the general procurement of equipment and services domestically and internationally to support data center development and operation, including:
• Complex, multi-tiered and multi-jurisdictional master service agreements, based on Digital’s standard templates and third-party forms.
• Construction agreements, design agreements and other one time or single location procurement agreements.
• Orders, addenda or amendments for equipment and services.
• Manage outside counsel effectively and efficiently, including local counsel and specialized counsel, as needed.
• Provide legal support to asset management and property operations teams related to the entire data center property lifecycle, including advice regarding CC&Rs, joint ventures, easements, construction and entitlement, sustainability, energy, procurement and other matters related to ownership and operation of data center properties.
• Support the continuous improvement of standard forms and the development and improvement of policies and procedures for the Legal Department.
• Help evaluate legal strategy, and identify and mitigate risk, with respect to the foregoing.
• Work closely with the business to streamline negotiations and remove barriers to execution to achieve business goals while thoughtfully balancing risk.
• Execute assigned projects, including the development and implementation of processes, as determined by the needs of the global Legal Department.

The Requirements                                                      

• Juris Doctor from an ABA accredited law school; license in good standing with at least one state bar (with eligibility for in-house counsel registration if necessary)
• 5-10 years of relevant substantive legal experience (law firm and/or corporate legal department, with a preference for experience at an internationally recognized law firm). 
• Experience with real estate transactions and construction agreements strongly preferred, and experience with materials and services procurement and data center industry preferred.
• Solid analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Comfortable with balancing multiple, competing priorities and changes in scope/direction.
• Self-starter, with the ability to follow through on matters and bring them to resolution in a timely and reasonable manner, escalate issues appropriately, work well independently and collaborate.
• Detail oriented, organized, friendly, approachable, professional demeanor and disposition.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our Digital team 

Legal

Our Legal team works in a highly complex global business sector with a diverse range of local, regional and international organizations. From ensuring compliance in different jurisdictions to supporting business teams with customer and supplier contracts, we’re involved in a variety of projects. Working in a dynamic commercial environment, we collaborate with colleagues across different departments and always have a new challenge waiting for us.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee’s total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range: $170,000 to $190,000 annually . This compensation range represents the Company’s good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting. 

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more. 

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.  All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

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