Deputy General Counsel, Head of Technology & IP Legal

Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door.

Powered by an outstanding end-to-end e-commerce and logistics network and a fanatical culture of customer centricity, Coupang has broken trade-offs around speed, selection and price. Today, we provide exceedingly fast shipping speeds on millions of items including fresh groceries, delivered within hours nationwide, 365 days a year.

We are doing this for millions of consumers in Korea. Korea is home to one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce opportunities anywhere in the world.

Job Overview:

Coupang’s Technology & IP Legal team consists of over 20 lawyers and legal specialists, and is responsible for: 1/ leading on country-specific, regional and global technology and commercial transactions (excluding M&A); 2/ leading, managing and implementing the Company’s global intellectual property strategy; 3/ supporting the Company’s Chief Security Officer; 4/ providing legal support to the Chief of Staff – Administration; and 5/ developing and implementing legal risk management frameworks for third party vendors with the support of Procurement and Compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology & Commercial:
  • Transactional: Lead, supervise and execute on a variety of country-specific, regional, and global technology and commercial transactions (excluding M&A). This will include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex technology and commercial contracts. You will be hands on with end-to-end responsibility for legal support and will be required to work in partnership with Procurement and Technology teams.
  • Advisory: Provide legal advice to business partners on all technology legal matters including open source software, information security, App development, and contractual and related matters.
  • Team management: Manage, supervise and develop a team of dedicated technology and commercial lawyers.

• Intellectual Property: Lead and oversee the Company’s global intellectual property (IP) team. You will be responsible for:
  • Setting and implementing the Company’s global IP strategy and enabling that strategy throughout the Company.
  • Managing a global IP portfolio (including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets) in alignment with the Company’s business goals.
  • Effectively engaging and communicating with Business and R&D leadership on IP-related goals and objectives, including key initiatives and risk management.
  • Providing counsel on IP-related matters including disputes, transactions, and enforcement.
  • Overseeing the Company-wide anti-counterfeiting strategy, including government and external stakeholder management.
  • Setting and managing the Company’s IP budget and liaising with the CFO on IP budget matters.

• Third party legal risk management: Lead the development and implementation of a company-wide third-party legal risk management framework to set the standards for third party contracting with vendors across the Company. This will include: Developing policies and procedures for minimum vendor contract standards and requirements; Setting legal risk assessment, review, and approval requirements for vendor contracts; Being a central point of contact to oversee and monitor compliance with the third-party legal risk management framework. Building awareness across legal, corporate support, and business teams to improve contract standards and risk assessment of vendor relationships across Coupang.

Qualifications:

• A technology, commercial and IP lawyer with at least 15+ years’ experience across in-house and private practice.
• Qualified lawyer in the U.S., Korea or a common law jurisdiction (e.g. England, Australia, Singapore).
• Demonstrable experience in managing a team of leading technology, commercial and IP lawyers.
• Fluency in English.
• Exceptional ability to consistently deliver creative, thoughtful and business-oriented results that appropriately balance growth and risk in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
• A willingness to learn voraciously and take on new scope and challenges.
• Ability to adapt easily to rapid and diverse business changes.
• Strong and effective communication skills, both oral and written.
• Sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions.

Recruitment Process and Others

1. Recruitment Process: Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite Interview - Offer  
(The recruitment process may be different depending on the job and may be changed due to scheduling and circumstances.)
2. Others:
a. This job post may be closed early if all openings are filled.   
b. If there is any false information in the application, the offer may be cancelled.
c. Veteran status or disability will not result in any disadvantages in the recruitment process.
d. Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.