Director, Legal – Strategic Sourcing, IP and Infrastructure

NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 308,000 - 471,500 annuallyFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Leadership","Project management","Strategic thinking","Stakeholder management","Drafting"]

Lead NVIDIA’s legal strategy across global supply chain, procurement initiatives, and infrastructure development. Negotiate engineering collaboration agreements and technology transactions, including IP ownership and licensing structures, and drive complex commercial agreements across procurement, supply chain, and product development. Partner with business leaders, finance, and outside counsel to deliver high-stakes, commercially grounded advice, while building scalable legal infrastructure like playbooks and templates.

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Director, Legal – Strategic Sourcing, IP and Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Lead NVIDIA’s legal strategy across global supply chain, procurement initiatives, and infrastructure development. Negotiate engineering collaboration agreements and technology transactions, including IP ownership and licensing structures, and drive complex commercial agreements across procurement, supply chain, and product development. Partner with business leaders, finance, and outside counsel to deliver high-stakes, commercially grounded advice, while building scalable legal infrastructure like playbooks and templates.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Shape and execute legal strategy for NVIDIA’s global supply chain, procurement projects, and infrastructure initiatives.
  • •Lead negotiations of engineering collaboration agreements and other technology transactions, including ownership issues and licensing structures.
  • •Drive complex commercial agreements across procurement, supply chain, and product development.
  • •Support strategy and execution of infrastructure development projects from inception to delivery.
  • •Build scalable legal infrastructure (playbooks, templates, and trainings) that enable business and legal teams to move fast.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 308,000 - 471,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house or law firm experience supporting supply-chain operations, product procurement initiatives, and commercial contracting.
  • •6+ years of demonstrated ability to lead teams and initiatives to drive complex, multi-party transactions to close.
  • •Substantial experience negotiating technology transactions, including IP ownership, license scope, and downstream technology rights with hardware and technology partners.
  • •Deep familiarity with substrate, component and supply chain sourcing strategies and the agreements that govern them.
  • •Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school; admitted to the bar and in good standing in the jurisdiction of hire (or otherwise authorized to practice law).
Experience:15+ yearsIn-house legalSupply chainTechnology transactionsInfrastructure development
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:LeadershipProject managementStrategic thinkingStakeholder managementDrafting
Licenses:Juris DoctorAdmitted to the bar

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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