Sr. Counsel, Regulatory

Databricks is the Data and AI company, serving more than 20,000 organizations worldwide. The Legal team is seeking a Senior Counsel, Regulatory to lead the company's response to the evolving global regulatory landscape. This role sits on the Corporate Legal team and will build and own a new, cross-functional regulatory practice, providing business-focused legal advice to stakeholders across the company.

• Serve as the primary internal subject matter expert on emerging global regulatory frameworks outside of privacy and export controls, including DORA, NIS-2, CSR, EU Data Act, EU AI Act, CRA, DMA, DSA, antitrust, and payments regulation.
• Lead strategic implementation of legislative requirements, owning the centralized regulatory roadmap, triage process, and incident response playbooks.
• Partner cross-functionally to embed regulatory compliance by design into the Data Intelligence Platform, Lakehouse, and agentic AI workflows.
• Support high-stakes enterprise deals and partnerships, drafting negotiation fallbacks and building customer-facing collateral.
• Act as the empowered regulatory point of contact on customer calls for highly regulated customers.
• Work with Corporate Operations to operationalize regulatory compliance controls.
• Support international expansion, including local AI and data regulations and EU data sovereignty.
• Stay current on legal developments, provide proactive advice and training, and lead OKRs for process improvement.

• At least 8 years of experience at a nationally recognized law firm and/or in-house legal department, with substantial focus on technology, data, or regulatory matters.
• J.D. from a top-tier law school; member of a state bar in good standing for U.S. candidates.
• Experience advising on global data, digital, and/or technology regulation; familiarity with EU AI Act, EU Data Act, DORA, NIS-2, DSA, DMA, or analogous regimes strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting SaaS, cloud, or data-platform products and partnering with Engineering, Product, and Security teams.
• Experience supporting commercial and go-to-market teams in customer-facing negotiations, including with enterprise customers in highly regulated sectors.
• Ability to assess risk and provide concise, actionable, business-focused legal advice.
• Strong relationship-building, organizational, and project management skills.

Compensation: Zone 2 Pay Range: $197,800—$272,050 USD. Total compensation may include annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Benefits: Databricks offers comprehensive benefits and perks; specific details vary by region.

Application: Apply via the provided link.