Full-Time

Senior Legal Counsel

Privacy

Updated on 2/1/2025

Databricks

Databricks

5,001-10,000 employees

Unified data platform for analytics and AI

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$183.5k - $281.3kAnnually

+ Annual Performance Bonus + Equity

Senior, Expert

Boston, MA, USA + 6 more

More locations: Seattle, WA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Bellevue, WA, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Mountain View, CA, USA

Hiring locally to offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Denver, San Francisco, NYC, Boston, or Mountain View.

Category
Legal
Legal & Compliance
Required Skills
Marketing
Data Analysis

You match the following Databricks's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • 7-10 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
  • 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
Responsibilities
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working for a company offering platform services to business customers is a plus

Databricks provides a platform that combines the features of data lakes and data warehouses, referred to as lakehouse architecture. This platform allows organizations to efficiently manage, analyze, and gain insights from their data. It caters to a diverse clientele, including data engineers, data scientists, and business analysts in sectors like finance, healthcare, and technology. Databricks streamlines data ingestion, management, and analysis through automated ETL processes, secure data sharing, and high-performance analytics. Additionally, it supports machine learning and AI workloads, enabling users to build and deploy models at scale. The company operates on a subscription-based model, generating revenue from platform access and professional services. Databricks aims to enhance data management and analytics for its users, making it easier for them to leverage their data for informed decision-making.

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$13.6B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2013

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Databricks raised $15 billion in Series J funding for AI product development and expansion.
  • The platform's support for open-source models like Meta's Llama enhances its AI offerings.
  • Growing demand for real-time analytics boosts Databricks' adoption across industries.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from Snowflake threatens Databricks' market share in the lakehouse sector.
  • Rapid AI advancements could render Databricks' offerings obsolete without continuous innovation.
  • Integration challenges with new acquisitions may disrupt operations and customer satisfaction.

What makes Databricks unique

  • Databricks' lakehouse architecture combines data lakes and warehouses for efficient data management.
  • The platform supports collaborative data science and machine learning workflows at scale.
  • Databricks offers robust integration capabilities across various cloud environments.

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Benefits

Extended health care including dental and vision

Life/AD&D and disability coverage

Equity awards

Flexible Vacation

Gym reimbursement

Annual personal development fund

Work headphones reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Business travel accident insurance

Paid Parental Leave