Databricks · 2 months ago
Senior Counsel, Professional Services GTM
Bellevue, Washington
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $285K/yr
7+ years expDatabricks is looking for an experienced commercial attorney to join their growing go-to-market legal team. In this role, you will be responsible for reviewing and negotiating customer and partner agreements while providing legal support for Databricks' revenue-generating activities.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Become an important member of the go-to-market legal team responsible for reviewing and negotiating partner and customer agreements globally
Focus on balancing/mitigating risk for the company while continuing to enable our rapid revenue growth
Cultivate strong relationships with field sales by providing sound, strategic counsel to support ongoing go-to-market efforts
Help maintain and update our legal agreements, with particular focus on professional services, ensuring that terms and internal policies are positioned to continue enabling rapid revenue growth and maintaining long-term stability for the company
Serve as a solutions-oriented business partner by providing pragmatic, sound legal counsel to internal Databricks clients and our growing customer base based on your understanding of Databricks' technology, professional services offerings, information security architecture, and data privacy/compliance policies
Work cross-functionally with our business partners (e.g., Finance, Information Security, Product, and privacy) to align, communicate, and enforce applicable policies and controls in our global contracting processes
Qualification
Required
7+ years of relevant commercial legal transactional experience, focusing on professional services within complex technology transactions
Meaningful experience negotiating professional services terms as part of SaaS commercial transactions
Strong knowledge/experience counseling on legal issues related to data privacy, information security, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property
Minimum of seven (7) years of technology transactions experience, either at a law firm and/or in-house Attorney role
Relevant commercial transactional experience working for and/or supporting cloud-based software companies, including an understanding of professional service delivery to support consumption growth
Substantial experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex professional services agreements and a strong understanding of contractual issues related to information security, data privacy, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property
Proven ability to successfully navigate and counsel on complex legal issues while balancing and/or mitigating material risk
Demonstrated experience prioritizing competing demands and being responsive to client expectations in a fast-paced environment within a limited time period
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Growth mindset, strong attention to detail, excellent critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities
Teaming approach with a focus on building a strong interlock with clients, business partners, and key stakeholders
Experience and/or strong interest in mentoring and guiding junior legal team members
JD and good standing to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction
Benefits
Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Comprehensive benefits and perks
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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