Digital Realty에서 에너지 및 지속가능성 전략을 총괄할 사내 변호사(Senior Director)를 채용합니다. 에너지 거래(PPA) 및 규제 대응 분야에서 7년 이상의 경력을 보유한 전문가를 찾습니다. 글로벌 데이터 센터 인프라 구축을 위한 법적 자문과 전략적 협상을 주도하며, 사내외 이해관계자와 협업하여 비즈니스 목표를 달성하는 핵심 역할을 수행하게 됩니다.
Location: San Francisco, CA, Dallas, TX, Austin, TX, New York, NY, Ashburn, VA, Boston, MA
Digital Realty is seeking a Sr. Director, Corporate Counsel – Energy to join our global Legal, Risk, Sustainability & Compliance (LRSC) team. In this leadership role, you will serve as the in-house counsel dedicated to supporting Digital Realty’s energy and sustainability leadership teams, helping to shape and execute Digital Realty’s long-term energy strategy. You will provide strategic, business-minded legal counsel on complex energy transactions, regulatory frameworks, and infrastructure development across our global data center portfolio. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in electricity transactions, renewable energy procurement, and regulatory frameworks, coupled with strong commercial judgment and the ability to work seamlessly across functions and regions.
Advise on legal and regulatory matters related to energy procurement, renewable energy sourcing, and utility contracting across AMER, EMEA, and APAC. This includes participating in cross-functional working groups to identify, formulate and execute strategic transactions.
Draft, negotiate and close complex energy agreements, including power purchase agreements (PPAs), utility service agreements, interconnection agreements and development agreements. Experience with demand response is a plus.
Provide strategic counsel on regulatory frameworks affecting energy procurement and project development, such as FERC, ISO/RTO rules, and international energy regulations.
Partner with energy operations, investments, sustainability, procurement, real estate, and finance teams to structure and execute transactions that align with business, legal, and environmental objectives.
Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks associated with energy sourcing.
Manage outside counsel and budgets for certain specialized energy and infrastructure matters.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners, serving as a collaborative, solution-oriented business partner.
Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; admitted to practice and in good standing.
7+ years of experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department, with a strong focus on energy transactions, utility regulation, renewable procurement, and infrastructure development.
Proven track record negotiating and closing PPAs, utility contracts, and large-scale energy infrastructure agreements.
Strong business acumen with the ability to align legal strategy with commercial goals.
Industry experience in the technology, cloud services, or data center sectors is strongly preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with clients and team members.
Hands-on, proactive, and solution-oriented, with a strong comfort level using technology.
Strong organizational skills with the capability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines and deliver high quality work with attention to detail and accuracy in all work product.
The responsibilities described above are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be adjusted at any time, with or without notice, by Digital Realty in its sole discretion.
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.
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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.
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.
Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.
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: $240,000 to $260,000 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.
Digital Realty is seeking a Sr Director - Corp Counsel, Energy to work at one of our primary office locations: Dallas, TX, Austin, TX, Boston, MA, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Ashburn, VA
