Associate Counsel, Ethics

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Law or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in an Ethics & Business Integrity function in a multi-national company within the region.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Preferred qualifications:

- Knowledge and understanding of basic finance concepts.
- Excellent people and communication skills, and ethical judgment.
- Strong understanding of ethics & compliance across APAC.

**About the job**:
Google is an ambitious company. To push the limits of technology we have to take some bold steps. It’s the job of our Ethics & Compliance team to help us manage daring moves successfully. As a part of this group, you strive to identify risk in a non-traditional and ever-changing business. Your work allows us to navigate the uncertain aspects of our business future in creative ways that stay true to Google's high ethical standards. As part of a team of whip-smart lawyers, you are a self-driven team player who is able to collaborate with colleagues in person or remotely. In this role, you’ll also work alongside local partners to better understand-and address-their business needs while staying true to your mission. This is a fantastic opportunity for any lawyer who enjoys a challenge, who has strong interpersonal skills, and a thirst for learning as much as they can about the business they support.

To push the limits of technology we have to take some bold steps. it’s the job of our Ethics & Compliance team to help us manage daring moves successfully. As a part of this group, you strive to identify risk in a non-traditional and ever-changing business.

Google effectively and meaningfully fulfills its social responsibility by defining and shaping the culture of compliance and integrity. Office of Compliance and Integrity (OCI) uses its holistic and global capabilities to optimize consistency and calibration in managing compliance exposures across the company. The OCI International team is a close-knit team of lawyers and legal professionals who operate on a truly global stage.

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**:

- Localize global compliance policies and create Regional-specific policies where appropriate.
- Provide local law expertise on topics such as confidentiality, conflicts, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, privacy and data protection, use of company assets, insider trading and compliance-related areas; retain local outside counsel where appropriate.
- Provide frequent and effective in-person training on our code of conduct and our compliance policies, including new employee orientation training.
- Assist headquarters compliance team in rolling out online training and be responsible for ensuring that the online training is applicable and appropriate for the Region.
- Perform periodic risk-assessments for the Region; inform headquarters of state of compliance in the Region.

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.