Sr. Contracts Negotiator

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · London, United Kingdom · Legal

This role is for a Senior Contracts Negotiator in Databricks' EMEA business, reporting to the Director & Assistant General Counsel. The primary responsibility is to review and negotiate customer agreements, provide legal support for revenue-generating activities, and improve processes. The role involves working with sales teams to enable customers to purchase Databricks' AI and data analytics tools, solving legal issues for smooth transactions, and identifying process improvements, potentially using AI tools. Experience in negotiating SaaS transactions with enterprise companies is a bonus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, such as NDA’s, SOW’s and commercial ordering documents ensuring that Databricks’ risk position is protected and internal compliance requirements are met;
  2. Leading the end-to-end contract management lifecycle, providing expert advice to sales and professional services teams on contractual risks, commercial matters, as well as offering innovative solutions;
  3. Identifying and leading with process improvements, and developing good practices to streamline efficiency in particular looking to solve process issue using AI tools;
  4. Providing support and enablement to sales teams on key contractual requirements, best practices and contract management;
  5. Learning and then mastering Databricks’ internal structures, product offerings, technology, security/data protection positions and policies to give you a foundation for providing support across Databricks' lines of business;

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
  • Experience working in-house within a technology company that maintains a regular/quarterly sales cycle
  • 3-5 years of experience negotiating NDAs, Order Forms and legal amendments
  • Knowledge of large CRM systems (like Salesforce)
  • Knowledge of contract management systems (like IronClad)
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritise time and business needs in the face of competing demands
  • Experience working with sales teams

Nice to have

  • Experience negotiating software-as-a-service (SaaS) transactions with enterprise companies

What the JD emphasized

  • customer agreements
  • legal support
  • revenue-generating activities
  • process improvements
  • AI tools
  • contractual risks
  • commercial matters
  • contract management
  • sales teams