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Sr. Counsel, Commercial (Healthcare & Life Sciences)

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Hybrid (Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, D.C.)$219.8k - $302.3kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior commercial attorney focused on supporting Databricks’ Healthcare and Life Sciences sales teams, handling complex regulated technology transactions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to AI-enabled legal workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex commercial transactions from first engagement through signature, including drafting and negotiating SaaS MSAs and related security and privacy terms, as well as order forms, statements of work, and related transaction documents
  • Negotiate healthcare-specific agreements and provisions, including business associate agreements, healthcare data privacy and security terms, and regulatory compliance requirements
  • Partner closely with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, Security, Privacy, Product, and other stakeholders to resolve issues that affect deal execution
  • Advise on issues that arise in enterprise technology transactions with regulated customers, including data privacy, information security, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, open source software, and healthcare-specific regulatory requirements
  • Help improve templates, playbooks, fallback positions, guidance, and contracting processes - including building institutional knowledge on HLS-specific deal patterns
  • Leverage AI tools to work more efficiently and contribute to the team's adoption of AI-assisted legal workflows
  • Provide concise, practical legal advice that balances legal risk with commercial objectives

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of relevant technology transactions experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department
  • Significant experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex sell-side software, SaaS, and cloud transactions with enterprise customers
  • Experience supporting customers in healthcare, life sciences, or other heavily regulated industries, with a working knowledge of HIPAA and experience negotiating or advising on business associate agreements and healthcare data privacy requirements
  • Strong familiarity with issues that commonly arise in commercial technology deals, including data privacy, information security, intellectual property, and open source software
  • Experience advising on AI-related contract terms, data use provisions, and emerging technology issues in enterprise transactions, and a demonstrated interest in using AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of legal work
  • Demonstrated ability to independently manage sophisticated negotiations, exercise sound judgment, and translate legal and business risk into practical advice
  • Strong communication and prioritization skills, and the ability to manage multiple matters effectively
  • Experience supporting cloud, infrastructure, platform, or other technology companies is preferred
  • Juris Doctor and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Skills

Required:Commercial transactionsData privacyInformation securityNegotiationCommunication
Nice to have:AI in legal workflows

Benefits

  • See company benefit details linked in posting
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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