Sr. Counsel, Product

Menlo Ventures; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 197,800 - 272,050; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Senior Product Counsel to guide the legal team in providing practical advice to Databricks’ engineering and product management teams as we navigate evolving global laws in data privacy, data protection, and AI.

You will partner with teams across Databricks to draft and negotiate product agreements, advise on cybersecurity issues, and help scale our product counseling function while translating technical risks for non‑technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant legal experience at a top law firm and/or in‑house.
• Minimum of 2 years focused experience in product, privacy, and/or IP law.
• Experience with AI, FedRAMP requirements, or payments a plus.
• Deep understanding of cloud and software technology, and a drive to work on legal issues in these areas.
• State bar membership required.

Responsibilities

• Provide end‑to‑end product counseling—from ideation to end of life.
• Draft and update form agreements regarding products and services; negotiate product and security‑related changes to customer contracts (DPAs/BAAs).
• Advise on cybersecurity issues as a member of incident response teams.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to bring offerings to market and improve product counseling processes.
• Work with external partners, vendors, and privacy/legal teams to assess data flows and privacy risk.

Skills

Product counseling

Data protection

Marketing

Technology transactions

Generalist

Business judgment

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

State bar membership

Job description

GAQ427R191

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

The impact you will have

• Demonstrate expertise in product counseling, data protection laws, marketing, and technology transactions, as well as the capacity to be a generalist and learn new areas of law and legal skills quickly.
• Exercise keen business and legal judgment. You know when to say “yes”, “no, unless …”, and “no”, but you also know when to elevate concerns.
• Contribute to developing processes to improve our product counseling function.
• Provide end‑to‑end product counseling - from ideation to end of life.
• Partner with teams across Databricks and close external partners that are building, deploying, and operating technology for external and internal users.
• Work cross‑functionally with commercialization, product marketing, marketing, and communications teams to bring our transformative offerings to market.
• Collaborate with legal leaders in commercial, go‑to‑market, compliance, corporate, and public affairs regarding product issues.
• Deeply understand product and data risk issues to be able to hear and answer questions that aren’t asked and translate technical and security concerns into answers understandable to non‑technical lawyers.
• Assist your 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.
• Work as a team player to further the legal department’s reputation as a valuable resource within the company.

What we look for

• 6+ 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 Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non‑commissionable roles or on‑target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job‑related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

Zone 2 Pay Range

$197,800 — $272,050 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide – including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 – rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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 click here.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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