The Senior Counsel, Global Employment & Litigation will support the Databricks People Team and business partners on employment law matters in North America and other global locations as assigned, providing risk-weighted advice on a broad range of employment and litigation matters. You will also help support non-employment litigation.
You will be agile, highly organized and have the skills, drive and flexibility to support and accelerate this leading technology company, addressing cutting-edge legal issues and organizational challenges.
This is a full-time position based in California, Colorado, New York or the state of Washington, reporting to Databricks’ Senior Director and Associate General Counsel of Global Employment and Litigation.
Responsibilities
- Provide pragmatic, risk-adjusted advice to Databricks’ People Team and business partners on employment-law related matters for Databricks’ North America offices, and other global locations as assigned, including hiring, performance management, terminations, discrimination, harassment, accommodations, leaves of absence, wage and hour issues, incentive compensation, benefits matters, employee investigations, restructuring plans and corporate development (M&A) activity
- Monitor new laws, regulations and decisions affecting the substantive legal areas above and provide strategic, preventative advice to People Team and cross functional partners
- Oversee the drafting and negotiation of offer letters and employment-related agreements, including severance, separation, restrictive covenant, retention, and other employment-related agreements; draft employee-facing policies, handbooks, and other resources
- Help lead training events on employment law related matters
- Manage responses to pre litigation filing demands, including investigating claims, communicating with opposing counsel and negotiating resolutions
- Draft and review pre-litigation and litigation documents, including correspondence with opposing counsel, pleadings, and mediation/arbitration statements
- Manage outside counsel handling both employment and non-employment litigation and global projects, including management of budgets, directing litigation strategy, and reviewing pleadings and other documents
- Support employment-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and divestitures, including due diligence and related integration efforts
- Advice and counsel will be both on daily issues and strategic and systemic plans
- Identify and implement process improvements that help the legal team, the People Team and the business scale for growth
- Support Legal department and team related projects, as assigned
Qualifications & Experience Required
- JD from an accredited institution; licensed to practice law in California, Colorado, New York or the state of Washington,
- 12+ years employment law and litigation experience; law firm and in-house experience required
- Fluency translating legal advice into practical, risk adjusted, business-oriented advice
- Experience supporting international business operations and partnering with People Team/HR and other professionals across multiple regions
- Strong work ethic and the highest level of integrity and business ethics
- Ability to build strong relationships quickly and work with all levels of People Team/HR and the business with ease
- Great judgment and attention to detail,
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Tech sector experience preferred, including cloud services and big data
- A desire to work on complex legal issues and in new global regions as we continue to expand
- Experience working with a client-service focus and a bias for action
- Assess quickly latest situations and develop practical options to respond to and resolve risks
- Strong aptitude and appetite for identifying, developing and implementing critical process improvements
- Top-notch customer-oriented service
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) Plan
- Equity awards
- Flexible time off
- Paid parental leave
- Family Planning
- Gym reimbursement
- Annual personal development fund
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 9,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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.
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