Sr. Counsel, Product

Job ID: GAQ427R191 · Reports to the Assistant General Counsel, Product

About the role

Databricks is seeking a Senior Product Counsel to help the legal team provide cutting-edge, practical legal advice to engineering and product management teams as we navigate rapidly evolving global laws and regulations in big data, including data privacy, data protection, and AI.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate expertise in product counseling, data protection laws, marketing, and technology transactions, with the capacity to be a generalist and learn new areas of law and legal skills quickly
• Exercise keen business and legal judgment — know when to say “yes”, “no, unless …”, and “no”, and when to escalate concerns
• Contribute to developing processes to improve the product counseling function
• Provide end-to-end product counseling from ideation to end of life
• Partner with teams across Databricks and close external partners building, deploying, and operating technology for external and internal users
• Work cross-functionally with commercialization, product marketing, marketing, and communications teams to bring transformative offerings to market
• Collaborate with other legal leaders in commercial, go-to-market, compliance, corporate, and public affairs on product issues
• Deeply understand product and data risk issues to hear and answer questions that aren’t asked, and translate technical and security concerns into answers understandable to non-technical lawyers
• Assist product stakeholders in developing process improvements
• Draft and update form agreements regarding products and services, and negotiate product and security-related changes to customer contracts, including those in DPAs and BAAs
• Provide general legal support on a flexible, as-needed basis with respect to other areas of the business
• Work with potential vendors to understand data flows to determine privacy and data protection risk, and coordinate with the privacy legal team as appropriate
• Advise on cybersecurity issues as a member of incident response teams
• Contribute as a team player to further the legal department's reputation as an effective, respected, and valued resource within the company

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant legal experience at a top law firm and/or in-house (a combination of both is a plus), with a minimum of 2 years focused experience in product, privacy, and/or IP law
• Experience with AI, FedRAMP requirements, or payments a plus
• Experience working for a company offering platform services to business customers is a plus
• Deep understanding of cloud and software technology, and a strong desire to work on legal issues in these areas
• Technical background — either an engineering or hard science academic background, demonstrated ability to acquire deep product understanding, or significant life experience as a general technology nerd
• State bar membership required
• Ability to prioritize and manage time, and client expectations, in the face of competing demands, often without direct guidance as we scale our rapidly expanding business
• Comfortable working with distributed teams
• Ability to exercise good judgment in raising issues and when collaborating with others
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Pay

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role represent the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors unique to each candidate, including job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

• Zone 1 Pay Range: $244,200—$335,850 USD
• Zone 2 Pay Range: $219,800—$302,300 USD

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, see the Databricks benefits page.

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog.