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Sr. Counsel, Employment

Databricks · Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Mountain View, California; New York... · On-site

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About Databricks

Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data + AI Platform. Backed by Battery, Insight and Kleiner Perkins.

About the role

Primary location(s) preferred, but candidates based in SF, Mountain View, NYC, Boston, Chicago, or Denver will also be considered. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • JD from a top-tier law school, member of a state bar in good standing
  • 10+ years of relevant employment-law experience, with substantial experience advising sophisticated organizations, in-house experience, including firm secondee experience, strongly preferred
  • Experience with compensation, benefits, pay equity, executive compensation, recruiting, global mobility, and immigration
  • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments, including employment and benefits diligence, employee-related deal terms, and workforce integration
  • Experience leading multi-jurisdictional or global projects and coordinating stakeholders across regions, functions, and levels of seniority
  • Experience advising on employee privacy, workforce data, HR technology, and AI tools is strongly preferred
More about this role

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Primary location(s) preferred, but candidates based in SF, Mountain View, NYC, Boston, Chicago, or Denver will also be considered.

The Senior Counsel, Employment will provide sophisticated, practical legal advice to the Databricks People Team and business leaders, with a particular focus on HR AI adoption, compensation and benefits, pay equity, global mobility, employee privacy, and M&A (diligence, employee-related deal terms, and workforce integration). This person will be based in the U.S. and advise directly on U.S. matters, but will also lead and project-manage complex global projects. Regular cross-functional partners will include recruiting, privacy and product legal, security, tax, people operations, comp and benefits, and corporate development.

The successful candidate will be a pragmatic and resourceful advisor and an enthusiastic AI user, with strong project-management discipline and the ability to move quickly while maintaining a high standard of legal and operational precision. In addition to the focus areas above, this person will collaborate to resolve U.S. disputes.

This is a full-time position reporting to Databricks' Senior Director and Associate...

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