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Legal Counsel

San Francisco, California

GAQ226R61

Databricks is looking for a talented and experienced Legal Counsel to join our expanding Legal team to support and navigate rapidly evolving global privacy laws and regulations. This position will report to our Director & Assistant General Counsel, Privacy. As a member of the Privacy team, you will provide legal counsel to several business partners as well as support the privacy compliance program for Databricks. 

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.

 The impact you will have:

  • Advisory Role.  Advise cross-functional stakeholders on potential privacy risks and regulatory requirements, including Technology, Security, and People Teams. 
  • Privacy Program Compliance. Provide guidance to support further development, implementation, and maintenance of the Databricks  privacy program,  including data subject rights requests, data inventory, privacy by design, policies, and help operate and improve the effectiveness of critical privacy compliance processes
  • Contract Negotiation and Transactions. Counsel and advise on data protection-related provisions in commercial contracts, including updating templates for and negotiating data processing addendums and business associate agreements.
  • Privacy by Design and Risk Assessments. Advise business units on privacy legal considerations for new systems, features and system updates
  • Policy Development. Develop, review, and update privacy policies, programs, and procedures to align with legal requirements and best practices
  • Regulatory Analysis. Research and evaluate the applicability and impact of global privacy laws, legislation, and regulatory guidance on new business initiatives and processes.
  • Training/Cross Functional Collaboration. Build cross-functional relationships with business teams as well as other internal stakeholders. Provide strategic and timely client training on relevant issues and processes to ensure ongoing privacy compliance. 

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience at a nationally-recognized law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both
  • Ideally 3 or more years specializing in privacy legal 
  • Deep understanding of cloud and software technology, and a strong desire to work on legal issues in these areas
  • Experience working for a company offering platform services to business customers is a plus
  • J.D. from a top-tier law school
  • Member of a state bar in good standing
  • You can build strong and deep working relationships with internal stakeholders over multiple geographical locations.
  • You are able to understand challenging issues, assess risk, and provide concise, actionable, business-focused legal advice and counsel.
  • You can coordinate, prioritize, and manage deadlines, workflow, and execute in a fast-paced and demanding work environment.
  • You are a self-starter with the capability to operate independently and to interact confidently with senior management when required.
  • You have a strong work ethic, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage many cross-functional projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base 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 utilizes 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 1 Pay Range
$167,900$257,500 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 TwitterLinkedIn and Facebook.

Benefits

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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.

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