Overview In this role you will lead and close complex SaaS and cloud transactions for enterprise customers, translating legal risk into practical business advice. You will work with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, Security, Privacy, and Product to drive deal execution while shaping templates and processes. You will tackle issues in data privacy, information security, AI terms, and IP, contributing to a scalable commercial legal function within a data and AI business. This is an opportunity to influence how Databricks scales its commercial transactions with regulated customers while maintaining pragmatic legal support.
Responsibilities- Lead complex commercial transactions from start to signature, including SaaS MSAs, security/privacy/AI terms, and related documents
- Collaborate with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, Security, Privacy, Product to resolve deal-impacting issues
- Advise on enterprise technology transaction issues, including data privacy, information security, AI, IP, and open source software
- Improve templates, fallback positions, guidance, and contracting processes
- Provide concise, practical legal advice balancing risk and commercial goals
Key requirements- 7+ years of experience in technology transactions at a law firm or in-house
- Extensive experience drafting/negotiating complex sell-side software, SaaS, and cloud deals with enterprises
- Strong familiarity with data privacy, information security, AI terms, IP, and open source software in tech deals
- Ability to independently manage negotiations and translate legal risk into business guidance
- Experience supporting cloud, infrastructure, or platform companies
- Strong communication and prioritization skills with ability to manage multiple matters
- Juris Doctor and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- strong communication
- prioritization
- independent negotiation
- SaaS and cloud transaction experience
- data privacy
- information security
