Senior Legal Counsel - Privacy

Location : We are hiring for this position locally to our office in Seattle, Bellevue, Denver, San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, San Diego, Mountain View or D.C.

Please read the information in this job post thoroughly to understand exactly what is expected of potential candidates.

Databricks is seeking a Privacy Legal Counsel to help the Databricks legal team navigate rapidly evolving global privacy laws and regulations.

You will initially report to the Managing Legal Director of Product and Privacy and work closely with the Legal Director of Privacy in building out our privacy team.

As a member of the Privacy team, you will provide legal counsel to several business partners as well as help support the privacy compliance program for Databricks.

The impact you will have :

• Counsel and advise the commercial team on data protection-related provisions in commercial contracts, including updating templates for and negotiating data processing addendums and business associate agreements.
• Partner with marketing, sales, go-to-market and procurement teams to assess potential privacy and security risks and regulatory requirements, including lead generation and marketing outreach activities, developing and providing training.
• Support privacy program compliance, including data subject rights requests, data inventory, privacy by design, and help operate and improve the effectiveness of critical privacy compliance processes.
• Facilitate Privacy by Design by working with key business stakeholders to complete Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and performing the initial review of completed PIAs and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new processing activities, IT changes, projects, and data ingests.
• Draft external privacy notices and disclosures, and manage / update internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with global privacy laws.
• Research and evaluate the applicability and impact of global privacy laws, legislation, and regulatory guidance on new business initiatives and processes.

What we look for :

• 5 or more years of substantive legal experience, preferably both in-house and at a law firm, with experience supporting privacy, SaaS, marketing, and / or technology.
• 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.
• 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, including concise contract redlining.

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.

Zone 3 Pay Range : $145,800 $258,000 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.

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.

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