Sr. Counsel, Regulatory
Job ID: GAQ227R179 | Location: Washington D.C., Bellevue, or Seattle (hybrid with in-office expectations)
About the role
Databricks is looking for a talented Senior Counsel, Regulatory to join our expanding Legal team to lead our response to the rapidly evolving global regulatory landscape. This position will sit on our Corporate Legal team and is a unique opportunity to build and own a new, cross-functional regulatory practice while providing business-focused legal advice to stakeholders throughout Databricks on a daily basis. The global regulatory environment has expanded outside of privacy and trade compliance with a wave of complex directives emerging across the US, EU, UK, Australia and other jurisdictions. You will serve as our primary internal subject matter expert on regulatory matters outside of privacy and export controls—orchestrating advice and contributions across Engineering, Product, Security, Commercial Legal, Product Legal, GTM Legal, Corporate Operations, and Finance. You will be agile, highly organized, and have the skills, drive, and flexibility to support and accelerate a leading technology company, addressing cutting-edge legal issues and organizational challenges. A successful candidate will be a resourceful self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and excellent at building strong relationships.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary internal subject matter expert on emerging global regulatory frameworks outside of privacy and export controls—including DORA, NIS-2, CSR, EU Data Act, EU AI Act, CRA, DMA, and DSA—as well as various global antitrust and competition regimes and payments regulation
- Lead and drive the strategic implementation of these complex legislative requirements, taking ownership of the centralized regulatory roadmap, triage process, and incident response playbooks
- Partner cross-functionally to embed regulatory compliance by design into the architecture of the Data Intelligence Platform, Lakehouse, and agentic AI workflows,