The Area Head of Legal Affairs, ASEAN at Microsoft is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing all legal matters within Southeast Asia. This position plays a critical role in shaping and executing Microsoft’s legal strategy, ensuring compliance, managing risk, and enabling business success. The role requires a seasoned legal professional with deep expertise in corporate law and team leadership. Note: there is flexiblity in the role location to be based in Microsoft sites within ASEAN region.

The Area Head of Legal Affairs, ASEAN l will manage a team of legal professionals who are responsible for supporting legal and regulatory matters, and for supporting commercial deals with public sector customers. They will also manage a National Security lead that manages responses to security incidents and government and customer audits and inquiries.

Central to the role will be deep partnerships with internal Microsoft teams. The Area Head of Legal Affairs, ASEAN will be the primary point of contact on legal and regulatory matters for the Area Leadership Team. They will collaborate closely with the CELA Area Ambassador and the Region Deal Team to ensure clear allocation and consistent execution of roles and responsibilities. They will also work as needed with CELA teams including Government Affairs, Compliance & Ethics, Competition, Cloud & Infrastructure, Customer Security & Trust, Trusted Technology and Product & Services Group.