Sr. Counsel, Privacy Compliance (AI)

Location: Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; or Washington, D.C., United States

Salary: $219,800–$302,300 USD annually for Zone 2; an additional Zone 3 range of $207,600–$285,450 USD annually is listed. Total compensation may include an annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

Databricks provides a unified Data + AI Platform used by organizations worldwide to build and scale data applications, analytics, and AI agents.

What you will do

• Own the day-to-day privacy compliance program, including priorities, metrics, risk reporting, and maturity tracking.
• Develop and improve data subject rights, data inventory, data mapping, ROPA, privacy-by-design, and vendor-risk workflows.
• Build privacy review and risk-assessment processes across the full data and product lifecycle.
• Draft and negotiate data protection provisions, including DPAs, SCCs, and related data-transfer instruments.
• Monitor global privacy and AI laws, support regulator inquiries and audits, and maintain privacy policies and procedures.
• Advise incident-response teams on breach assessment, notifications, remediation, and cybersecurity-related privacy issues.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant legal experience, including at least 5 years focused on privacy and experience operating or leading a privacy compliance program.
• Current knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, U.S. state privacy laws, and international data-transfer mechanisms.
• Experience with DPIAs/PIAs, ROPA, data mapping, data subject rights, privacy by design, and third-party risk management.
• Strong understanding of cloud and software technology, with the ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice.
• J.D. from a top-tier law school and state bar membership in good standing.
• Ability to work independently, manage cross-functional initiatives, and communicate complex legal concepts to technical and business audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience at a company providing platform services to business customers.
• Familiarity with OneTrust or comparable privacy-management tooling.
• Privacy certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, or FIP; CIPM is particularly valued.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, dynamic environment with opportunities to build and scale legal programs.
• Cross-functional collaboration with legal, security, product, commercial, compliance, corporate, go-to-market, and public-affairs teams.
• Comprehensive benefits and region-specific employee perks.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.
• Potential eligibility for annual performance bonuses, equity, and employee benefits.