Attorney 2

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Attorney 2for an opportunity in Redmond, WA

Position Title: Attorney 2

Location: Redmond WA, Fully Remote

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration:1 Month Contract

Job Type: Contract and Remote

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

• Minimum 3+ year's experience with candidates' ability to read regulatory proposals, analyze them and translates them into something that they can discuss with engineering teams.
• Minimum 3+year's experience with stakeholder engagement. The ability to work across teams, across backgrounds, and across time zones.
• Minimum 3+ year's experience with PowerPoint to create slides.

• Acting as a CO+I engineering ESG regulatory subject matter expert to condense complex engineering requirements into public policy recommendations, partnering with the corporate-wide Government Affairs team in the Americas at state and country-level.
• Collecting, researching, and analyzing changing public state and country-level requirements of the cloud services business and technical teams working on datacenter design, construction, operations, and innovation.
• Identifying opportunities for informing and identifying potential improvements to existing and emerging public environmental policy.
• Review proposed federal and state and country-level industry groups and MS public policy documents for feedback to enhance leadership opportunities.
• Compiling and aligning publicly available information concerning state and country-level public regulatory priorities and developing resources and tools to help internal partners understand the broader public policy landscape and trends.
• Building collaborative relationships with various national and state and country-level standards bodies and industry group stakeholders to advance policy initiatives in The Americas.
• Prioritizing and managing multiple technically complex assignments concurrently.
• Coordinating with the MS Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs group, and MS CO+I leadership to ensure that ESG policies are aligned at the state and country levels as well as across the Americas region.
• Make public policy recommendations and document review as required for business planning and review.
• Learn, live, and coach the One MS culture and values. Lead through change by bringing clarity, generating energy, and delivering success.

  Minimum qualification:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in legal, regulatory analysis and advocacy, datacenter engineering, datacenter design, or deep sustainability experience in large infrastructure in the Americas and state-level.
• 3+ years of experience with the ability to engage externally with a complex external landscape made up of multiple environmental coalitions, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders in the Americas.
• 3+ years of strong sustainability background and familiarity with business, technology, economics, legal, and public policy experience
• 3+ years of experience in the relevant disciplines of environmental regulations and environmental due diligence at the national, state, and country-level.

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 222803 when responding to this ad.