Senior Associate, General Counsel (Technology) Greater Seoul, South Korea Area

Company Introduction

We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did I ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation for being leading and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been since our inception. We are all entrepreneurs surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.

Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.

Role Overview

We are looking for a talented lawyer to join our Technology Legal team and support our businesses and operations across the global group in relation to technology legal matters.

What you will do

Technology and commercial transactions: Lead and execute on a variety of country-specific, regional, and global technology and commercial transactions. 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 our Global Procurement, Technology, and other teams.

Advisory: Provide strategic legal advice to business partners on all technology legal matters, including artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, cloud computing, information security, software licensing, and the interpretation of contractual terms and rights and obligations.

Legal risk management: Contribute to developing and enhancing legal risk management frameworks to set standards for contracting with technology vendors. This will include: (1) policies and procedures for minimum vendor contract standards and requirements, (2) legal risk assessment, review, and approval requirements for vendor contracts, (3) being a central point of contact to oversee and monitor compliance with the legal risk management framework, and (4) building awareness across legal, corporate support, and business teams to improve contract standards, and risk assessment and management of vendor relationships across Coupang.

Collaboration: Work closely and collaboratively with internal business partners, including Global Procurement, Finance, Technology, Information Security, and Privacy on projects and company-wide initiatives. Demonstrate2 hands on experience but also the ability to handle and manage projects with other members of the team. Manage outside counsel retained to provide legal services.

Basic Qualifications

Fluency in English and Korean.

Qualified lawyer in the U.S., Korea or a common law jurisdiction (e.g. England, Australia, Singapore).

At least 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience. A mixture of law firm and in-house experience is preferred.

Exceptional ability to consistently deliver creative, thoughtful and business-oriented results that appropriately balance growth and risk in a fast-paced 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

Recruitment Process

Application Review - Job Fit Interview - Focus Interview – Offer

The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.

Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.

Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.

Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.

Job titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience, etc. This will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer.

Hiring may be restricted in case the legal qualifications required for hiring and work performance is not met.

This is a full-time regular position and includes 12 weeks of probation period; provided, however, the probationary period may be either skipped, shortened or extended if necessary for business purposes.

Privacy Notice

Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below.

Document Return Policy

This notification is given pursuant to Article 11 (6) of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act.

A job applicant, who has applied but not been finally selected for a position at Coupang (the “Company”), may request the Company to return his/her hiring documents submitted pursuant to the Fair Hiring Procedure Act. However, this will not apply where the hiring documents were submitted via the website of the Company or e-mail, or where the job applicant submitted those documents voluntarily without a request from the Company. In addition, if the hiring documents were destroyed due to a natural disaster or any other reasons not attributable to the Company, such documents will be deemed to have been returned to the job applicant.

A job applicant who wishes to request the return of his/her hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above should fill out a “Request for Return of Hiring Documents” [Annex Form No. 3 in the Enforcement Rule of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act] and submit It by email (recruitingops@coupang.com). In such case, within fourteen (14) days from the date of identifying the receipt of the request, the Company will send the hiring documents to the job applicant’s designated address via registered mail. Please be informed that the job applicant is required to pay the postage on the registered mail.

In preparation for a job applicant’s request for the return of hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above, the Company shall retain the original hiring documents submitted by the job applicant for 180 days from the completion of the recruiting process. If no request is made until the end of this period, all his/her hiring documents will be destroyed immediately in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act.

The above paragraphs 1 - 4 shall only apply when the labor-related laws of Korea govern the application. They are otherwise not applicable.