Senior Corporate Counsel - Corporate

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Corporate Counsel or Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Corporate Legal team in Menlo Park, CA (in-person). You will support 34 Act reporting, governance, securities compliance, and equity compensation matters, reporting to the Director, Assistant General Counsel - Corporate and Securities.

The role requires 4+ years of public company law experience, strong governance and reporting skills, and the ability to explain complex issues clearly in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of public company legal experience, ideally at a law firm and in-house.
• Experience with public company reporting including the preparation of periodic reports, proxy statements, Section 16 reports and registration statements.
• Experience maintaining a governance calendar for a public company board and its committees.
• Ability to understand and clearly explain complicated and nuanced issues.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation and review of periodic reports and proxy statements.
• Support governance, maintain governance calendar and board materials.
• Support insider trading law compliance, Section 16 reporting and 10b5-1 plan administration.
• Assist with equity plan administration and compliance for US and international plans.
• Maintain compliance with corporate policies including Related Party Transactions and Insider Trading policies.
• Assist with public company securities laws compliance (1933 Act, 1934 Act, 1940 Act and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act).
• Support cross-functional initiatives relating to investor relations, governance and international expansion.

Skills

Public company law

Securities compliance

Governance experience

Excellent communication

Education

J.D. from accredited law school

Active California bar membership

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Snowflake is looking for Corporate Counsel or Senior Corporate Counsel (depending on level of experience) to join our Corporate Legal team. This role offers the opportunity to be at the heart of Snowflake's public company legal function, supporting ‘34 Act reporting, corporate governance, securities law compliance and equity compensation matters. This is an in-person role based in Menlo Park, CA or Dublin, CA, reporting to our Director, Assistant General Counsel - Corporate and Securities.

What You’ll Do

• Assist with the preparation and review of periodic reports, current reports and proxy statements, including the maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures.
• Support all aspects of corporate governance, including maintaining the governance calendar, preparing materials for the board and committee meetings, and driving the annual shareholder meeting process.
• Support insider trading law compliance, Section 16 reporting and 10b5-1 plan administration.
• Assist with equity plan administration and compliance with equity award plans (US and international).
• Maintain and ensure compliance with corporate policies, including the Related Party Transactions Policy, Insider Trading Policy, and 10b5-1 trading plan program.
• Assist generally with public company securities laws compliance, including the 1933 Act, 1934 Act, 1940 Act and Hart Scott Rodino Act.
• Support cross-functional initiatives relating to investor relations, governance, financing, compliance and international expansion.

About You

• 4+ years of public company legal experience, ideally at a law firm and in-house.
• Experience with public company reporting including the preparation of periodic reports, proxy statements, Section 16 reports and registration statements.
• Experience maintaining a governance calendar for a public company board and its committees.
• Ability to understand and clearly explain complicated and nuanced issues.
• Highly responsive, with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Eager to jump in, take ownership and deliver excellent legal support in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• J.D. from an accredited law school; active membership in good standing in California.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $202,000 - $265,600.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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