[Hiring] Senior Product Counsel @Databricks

Role Description

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.

• Demonstrate expertise in product counseling, data protection laws, marketing, and technology transactions.
• Exercise keen business and legal judgment.
• 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.
• Work cross-functionally with commercialization, product marketing, marketing, and communications teams.
• Collaborate with other legal leaders in commercial, go-to-market, compliance, corporate, and public affairs.
• Deeply understand product and data risk issues.
• Assist product stakeholders in developing process improvements.
• Draft and update form agreements regarding products and services.
• Provide general legal support on a flexible, as-needed basis.
• Work with potential vendors to understand data flows.
• Advise on cybersecurity issues as a member of incident response teams.
• Contribute as a team player to further the legal department's reputation.

Qualifications

• 8+ 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 is a plus.
• Experience working for a company offering platform services to business customers is a plus.
• Deep understanding of cloud and software technology.
• Technical background - either an engineering or hard science academic background.
• State bar membership required.
• Ability to prioritize and manage time and client expectations.
• Comfortable working with distributed teams.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Ability to exercise good judgment in raising issues and collaborating with others.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees.

Company Description

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide 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.