Databricks
Sr. Counsel, Commercial (Healthcare & Life Sciences)
$187K–$302K
Chicago, Illinois +7 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
Denver, Colorado
Mountain View, California
New York City, New York
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Washington, D.C.
San Francisco, California - Experience
- 7+ years of relevant technology transactions experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department.
- Education
- Juris Doctor
About the job
Leads commercial negotiations for Databricks’ healthcare and life sciences customers, advising on complex technology transactions and related regulatory, privacy, security, and AI issues.
What you'll do
- Lead and negotiate enterprise SaaS, cloud, and healthcare-specific agreements from initial engagement through signature.
- Advise internal teams on transaction risks involving privacy, security, AI, intellectual property, open source, and healthcare regulations.
- Improve contracting resources and processes, and use AI tools to support legal workflows.
What they ask for
- Significant experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex sell-side software, SaaS, and cloud transactions with enterprise customers.
- Healthcare, life sciences, or other heavily regulated industry experience, including working knowledge of HIPAA and experience with business associate agreements and healthcare data privacy.
- Familiarity with commercial technology deal issues, including data privacy, information security, intellectual property, and open source software; experience advising on AI contract terms and data use.
- Juris Doctor and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting cloud, infrastructure, platform, or other technology companies.
Pay
$219,800 — $302,300 USD base salary; $197,800 — $272,050 USD base salary; $186,900 — $256,950 USD base salary
Tools
SaaS, cloud, HIPAA, AI, open source software
AI focus
Advises on AI-related contract terms, data use provisions, and emerging technology issues; uses and helps shape AI-powered tools and AI-assisted legal workflows for contract review, research, drafting, and knowledge management.
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