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Snowflake is seeking an experienced technology transactions/commercial contracting leader to join us as a Director, Assistant General Counsel - Procurement reporting to a VP, Deputy General Counsel – Commercial and to help scale and mature our growing, world-class procurement-legal team as Snowflake continues to grow in size and expand our business. We are looking for someone with demonstrated leadership skills who can hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. Our ideal candidate will be an experienced, creative, collaborative and pragmatic problem solver who excels at negotiating complex vendor agreements and leading key team initiatives, including the improvement of templates, processes and cross-functional workflows. Top-tier writing and analytical skills are required, as is a demonstrated ability to recognize and weigh business and legal risks, think strategically, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and advance practical solutions. This is a hybrid role based in Menlo Park or Dublin (California).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with Snowflake's procurement team and business partners throughout the organization on inbound transactions for technology and services
• Effectively lead, project-manage, structure, negotiate and close inbound vendor agreements, such as agreements for software, SaaS, consulting, software development, and managed services
• Supervise and lead the procurement legal team in their negotiations and legal support of Snowflake’s procurement team
• Handle escalations from other groups and resolve conflicts peacefully and effectively
• Provide sound advice and guidance on legal and commercial issues to senior business leaders
• Balance legal risks against real-world business imperatives to provide pragmatic and market-based solutions
• Respond promptly to the demands of an active procurement team and their management
• Monitor overall deal workflow to identify logjams and stretch past the boundaries of the role to (diplomatically) nudge things in the right direction
• Lead the development and improvement of forms, policies, processes and playbooks to help streamline, simplify and automate our contracting processes
• Keep abreast of the rapidly evolving legal landscape affecting our agreements
• Work well in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
  
  
  

A successful candidate will be able to forge strong relationships with Snowflake vendors, as well internal clients and cross-functional groups within Snowflake. The right candidate will be flexible, fun, hard-workin Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.

The mission of the Snowflake Data Engineering organization is to build innovative products that enable customers to define, manage and optimize data pipelines and storage throughout the end-to-end data lifecycle. We’re leading the charge in transforming how the world interacts with data. We strive to build the most innovative, reliable, and scalable data platform that empowers businesses to harness the full potential of their data — without the headache of managing it. With cutting-edge technology and a world-class team of talented individuals, we're creating a cloud data platform that is affordable, secure, and effortlessly scalable. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible by being truly multi-cloud and cloud-agnostic, working seamlessly across all major cloud providers.

We’re seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to join our world-class team focused on building Snowflakes Data Engineering solutions. In this role, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape a flexible, large-scale, high-performance platform that powers many of Snowflake’s core features and services. You’ll play a pivotal role in bringing our vision of the ultimate data cloud platform to life.

AS A PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER, YOU WILL:

• Be responsible for defining and delivering critical programs with broad organizational, business and technical impact.
• Identify, manage and mitigate both technical and business risks that otherwise threaten the success of the efforts you work on.
• Provide cross-functional leadership together with Engineering and Product Management, and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes.
• Bring strong, data-driven and strategic technical judgment to decision making.
• Build your subject matter expertise in the area of cloud computing, data engineering and transformation, that will inform your contributions to identifying risks and understanding trade-offs.
• Identify opportunities to improve execution of the teams and organizations you work with to increase engineering productivity through tools and light-weight processes
• Work closely with leadership stakeholders to drive quarterly and annual planning, to set ambitious goals and to hold each other accountable.
• Amplify your impact by educating and mentoring the TPM and Engineering communities on program management best practices
  
  
  

A PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER AT SNOWFLAKE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE:

• 10+ years of demonstrated industry experience and expertise leading large complex engineering projects in cloud-based technologies
• Strong technical understanding and judgment to dive deeply into sophisticated software systems, work with stakeholders to develop solutions and identify technical risks and tradeoffs.
• An ability to thrive in the context of ambiguity, dynamic business forces, and competing priorities.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product management, data science, customers, and other functions throughout the product life cycle.
• Strong program management skills with technical and business acumen.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adaptively interact with technical and non-technical groups at all levels of seniority.
• Exceptional ability to build relationships, understand organizations and, ultimately, the ability to persuade others to accomplish program objectives while holding yourself and your own stakeholders to a high standard of accountability.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, consultation and organizational skills.
• BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields or equivalent practical experience
  
  
  

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $203,000 - $317,400.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
  
  
  

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.