Sr. Counsel, Regulatory
Core
Lead Databricks' response to the rapidly evolving global regulatory landscape outside of privacy and export controls, serving as the primary internal subject matter expert on emerging frameworks.
Role type
Senior Counsel, Regulatory
Builds
Centralized regulatory roadmap, incident response playbooks, and scalable customer-facing collateral for the Data Intelligence Platform and agentic AI workflows.
Domain
Technology, Data, and AI Regulation (EU AI Act, DORA, NIS-2, etc.)
Deliverable
Production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Global regulatory expertise (non-privacy/export), strategic implementation of complex legislation, cross-functional partnership, risk assessment, business-focused legal advice, stakeholder relationship building, project management
Preferred skills
Experience with EU AI Act, EU Data Act, DORA, NIS-2, DSA, DMA, SaaS/cloud/data-platform products, commercial negotiations in highly regulated sectors
Technologies
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, Lakehouse, agentic AI workflows
Responsibilities
Serve as primary SME on emerging global regulatory frameworks outside privacy/export controls; Lead strategic implementation of legislative requirements and incident response playbooks; Partner to embed regulatory compliance by design into product architecture; Support commercial teams in high-stakes enterprise deal negotiations; Act as empowered regulatory point of contact for white-glove customers; Operationalize compliance controls with Corporate Operations; Support strategic international expansion efforts
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
