GAQ426R80
Location: This position will be based in Seattle, Bellevue, Denver, Mountain View, or San Francisco.
Join a high-impact legal team at Databricks and help shape the vendor partnerships that power our global growth.
Databricks is looking for an experienced Procurement contracts negotiator to join Databricks’ GTM and Partners Legal team. As Senior Contracts Negotiator for Procurement Legal, you will serve an important role in supporting the expansion of our global infrastructure and the needs of our internal business units, as well as working cross-functionally to optimize and scale our vendor contracting motion. You will report to the Senior Managing Counsel, GTM & Partners.
The impact you will have:
- Negotiate a broad range of vendor agreements, including but not limited to SaaS, marketing, facilities, contractors, events, and sponsorships that enable us to scale rapidly while protecting Databricks with thoughtful risk management.
- Work closely with internal operational and legal teammates to streamline procurement contracting workflows to reduce cycle time, support Databricks’ rapid growth and long-term stability, and increase stakeholder satisfaction.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including other practice areas within the Databricks legal department, on special projects related to the needs of a range of business units, including product teams.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams, resolving complex vendor challenges into practical business solutions.
- Help provide program management support to frame, track, and report on the progress of key initiatives.
What we look for:
- You have 5-7 years of relevant experience, including ideally at least 3 years in-house (preferably at a high-growth company with significant technology needs).
- You are experienced with contract drafting and negotiation across a range of vendor agreements (i.e., SaaS, software, hardware, professional services, data subscriptions, facilities, marketing).
- Familiarity with negotiating data protection/privacy and security principles.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- A motivated self-starter who is able to multitask and prioritise effectively in a dynamic environment.
- You are an effective contributor when collaborating with internal cross-functional stakeholders on ongoing projects.
- You are a critical thinker, comfortable speaking up and brainstorming productively, identifying future needs/issues while executing on current activities.
- You are pragmatic in making recommendations in a fast-paced environment and applying a practical, balanced mindset to legal problem-solving.
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Compliance
If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
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