Senior Director, Legal
About the role
NetApp is seeking a Senior Director, Legal to serve as the legal business partner to the Partner/Ecosystem and Marketing organizations within Sales. This leader will advise executives, translate business strategy into scalable legal frameworks, and oversee complex commercial matters, indirect go-to-market models, strategic partnerships, and global marketing activities. Reporting to the Vice President, Field Legal, the role leads two U.S.-based attorneys and drives outcomes through a global network of Legal and cross‑functional partners. This is a U.S.-based hybrid role located in RTP, Vienna (VA), or San Jose (CA) and may require occasional travel. At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. Our culture celebrates mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers; we reward initiative, impact, and ownership, provide flexibility to balance professional ambition with personal life, and welcome differences that drive everything we do. This is an opportunity to shape how Legal enables partner-led growth and global marketing, build a high‑performing team, and improve execution across functions and geographies.
Responsibilities
- Advise Partner/Ecosystem and Marketing executives with practical, business‑focused legal counsel.
- Set priorities and coordinate legal support across commercial transactions, alliances, distributors, resellers, OEM relationships, channel models, partner initiatives, and global marketing.
- Oversee business‑critical agreements and draft, review, and negotiate the most complex or strategic matters.
- Advise on indirect go‑to‑market structures and complex B2B relationships that enable partner‑led growth.
- Support global marketing campaigns, promotions, brand and communications matters, events, sponsorships, and digital marketing.
- Enable revenue, accelerate deals, and deliver practical, risk‑balanced solutions.
- Lead, develop, and mentor a high‑performing, collaborative legal team.
- Design scalable templates, playbooks, processes, governance frameworks, and enablement resources that improve consistency and speed.