Legal Intern Government Relations & Public Policy 2022

This internship is available to currently enrolled Bachelor and Master-level students only. This opportunity is a full-time, 12-month program beginning in July 2022.

Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

VMware recognizes that today’s students are tomorrow’s trailblazers, and we value the opportunity to benefit from your fresh perspective. If you thrive in an open, innovative, technology-driven, international, and multi-lingual culture, VMware could be the place for you! You will be exposed to the most exciting political, legal,  , and technical challenges that are faced by leading software technology companies.

VMware is a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, enabling digital innovation with enterprise control. With over 38,000 employees worldwide (+8,000 new hires in 2021) and a turnover of +8bn GBP (e.g. over Liberty Global’s), VMware helps the most advanced public and private organizations in the world to manage, grow and transform their business.

If you are a highly motivated, talented, and intelligent student, we want you to join us from this summer!  Reporting directly to Robert Condon Senior Director for Government Relations and Public Policy EMEA, and Antoine Larpin, EU Public Policy Director, you’ll be an integral part of an international and multilingual team of EMEA government relations professionals. You'll have an opportunity to research and work on the many policy issues facing technology companies. You’ll have the unique experience of working with a technology company focused on fast shaping a changing, digital world.

Success in the Role:

What are the performance outcomes over the course of the internship?

Participate and play an active role in UK and EU  strategic assignments:

• Within the first couple weeks, you will be integrated into meetings and assigned to multiple recurring assignments.
• By the end of the internship, you will have mastered the recurring tasks and will be leading the assignments with an ability to fully execute independently.

Be a proactive member of the team:

• You will be successful if you are a self-starter and can effectively communicate your desire to learn more and ask how else you can help. Team members will delegate assignments to you as you ask for them. Your internship is best how you make it.
• You will excel in this role if you bring confidence and exceptional interpersonal skills to your work conduct and product.
• You will be expected to manage multiple projects and assignments at once.
• You will be most successful when you can demonstrate that you are a practical problem-solver who possesses a strong business sense, confidence, maturity, and calm even under pressure.

Following our VMware community, you will conduct yourself with the highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics.

The Work

What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?

While you will be supporting the broader Global Government Relations and Public Policy team, you will be receiving primary direction from the EMEA Senior Director, based in the UK, and EU Public Policy Director based in Brussels. You will be involved in many staff and industry meetings, capturing meeting notes, and attend trade association meetings (e.g. TechUK, DigitalEurope, and ITI, the leading digital trade bodies), writing meeting memos, and engaging with VMware experts. In support of our communications to internal and external audiences, you will write and prepare content for our various newsletters, infographics, and executive briefs. You will provide analysis and conduct research on policy issues surrounding technology, multi-cloud, digital infrastructure, 5G, privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, sustainability, skills, R&D projects, and other issues. Utilizing our multiple subscriptions and resources, you will be tasked to monitor and track industry news and related legislative developments.

There are opportunities to work on long-term, strategic projects and additional special projects as assigned.

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

You will be managed primarily by our EMEA Senior Director, based in the UK, and our EU Public Policy Director based in Brussels. Their management philosophy is all about “teamwork” and trust.  They work actively to involve interns as core members of the team. They both value collaboration, open communication, asking any and all questions, creativity, and a desire to dig deeper into our core mission.

Broadly, the Global Government Relations and Public team is comprised of professionals across the world, in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, many with years of experience in the government and public sectors. The team is part of the Legal Department at VMware led by VMware’s General Counsel and Executive Vice President.

Where is this role located?

The location of this role is flexible within the United Kingdom. Work will be done from our EMEA headquarters in Staines-upon-Thames and London some days during a week and other days remotely. We would expect you to travel to Brussels to meet and work with Antoine and there may be other opportunities to travel and attend international events (e.g. Web Summit in Lisbon in November).

What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?

You will be in a work environment that promotes your health and wellbeing through flexible working hours, EPIC 2 Days Off and other Wellness Actives.

Grow your career through various programs such as Women Connecting Women Mentorship Program, involvement in our DE&I Power of Difference Communities and a range of fun social activities and specific Intern Learning and Development Tracks.

You will have the opportunity to build your network across the EMEA region and beyond and give back to your local community with 8hrs of VMware Service Learning.

VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com.

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