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Databricks is seeking a talented and experienced privacy attorney to lead our privacy compliance program and help the Databricks legal team provide cutting-edge, practical legal advice as we navigate rapidly evolving global laws and regulations in big data — including data privacy, data protection, and AI. This role reports to the Director & Assistant General Counsel, Privacy. As the day-to-day owner of the privacy compliance program, you will be responsible for developing AI solutions for operating and maturing the controls that keep Databricks compliant, and serve as a trusted advisor to business partners across the company.
You will be agile, highly organized, and have the skills, drive, and flexibility to build and scale a program at a leading technology company, addressing cutting-edge legal issues and organizational challenges. A successful candidate will be an AI proficient builder, resourceful self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and excellent at building strong relationships and driving cross-functional execution.
The impact you will have
- Program Leadership: Own day-to-day operation of the Databricks privacy compliance program. Define priorities, establish and track program metrics and KPIs, and report on program health, risks, and maturity.
- Business and Legal Judgment: Exercise practical judgment about when to approve, approve with conditions, decline, or escalate.
- Privacy Program Compliance: Lead the further development, implementation, and continuous improvement of core program components — data subject rights requests, data inventory and data mapping (ROPA), records of processing, privacy by design, and the policies and processes that make the program run. Operate and improve the effectiveness of critical privacy compliance workflows.
- End-to-End Privacy by Design & Risk Assessments: Develop privacy review processes for the full data and product lifecycle — from ideation to end of life. Improve.
- Contract Negotiation and Transactions: Draft and update form agreements, and counsel on and negotiate data protection provisions in commercial contracts, including data processing addendums (DPAs), standard contractual clauses (SCCs), and related data-transfer instruments.
- Regulatory Analysis & Engagement: Monitor, research, and evaluate the applicability and impact of global privacy and AI laws, legislation, and regulatory guidance on new business initiatives. Support responses to regulator inquiries, audits, and enforcement developments.
- Policy Development: Develop, review, and maintain privacy policies, standards, notices, and procedures to align with legal requirements and best practices.
- Process Improvement: Contribute to developing and refining the processes that improve the privacy function, and partner with your stakeholders to build scalable process improvements as the business grows.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Legal Partnership: Build deep cross-functional relationships and collaborate with other legal leaders in commercial, go-to-market, compliance, corporate, and public affairs on privacy issues. Own the privacy training and awareness program, delivering strategic and timely enablement to keep the organization compliant.
- Incident Response: Advise on privacy and cybersecurity issues as a member of incident response teams, including breach assessment, notification analysis, and remediation, in partnership with the Legal Product team and Security.
- Team Contribution: Provide general legal support on a flexible, as-needed basis with respect to other areas of the business, and contribute as a team player to further the legal department's reputation as an effective, respected, and valued resource within the company.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience at a top law firm and/or in-house (a combination of both is a plus), with 5+ years focused on privacy and demonstrated experience building, operating, or leading a privacy compliance program (not solely advisory work)
- Deep, current knowledge of global privacy frameworks, including the GDPR/UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and the growing patchwork of U.S. state comprehensive privacy laws, and familiarity with cross-border data transfer mechanisms (SCCs, IDTA, adequacy, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework)
- Working knowledge of the operational building blocks of a privacy program — DPIAs/PIAs, ROPA and data mapping, data subject rights processes, privacy by design, and vendor/third-party risk management
- Capacity to be a generalist and learn new areas of law and legal skills quickly as the business evolves
- Deep understanding of cloud and software technology, and a strong desire to work on legal issues in these areas
- Experience working for a company offering platform services to business customers is a plus
- Familiarity with privacy management tooling (e.g., OneTrust or comparable) is a plus
- J.D. from a top-tier law school
- State bar membership required, in good standing
- One or more privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP) preferred; CIPM is particularly valued for a program-leadership role
WHAT YOU BRING
- You can set direction for a program and drive it to execution — prioritizing and managing time and client expectations in the face of competing demands, often without direct guidance, as we scale our rapidly expanding business.
- You exercise good judgment in raising issues, assessing risk, and providing concise, actionable, business-focused legal advice and counsel.
- You build strong, deep working relationships with internal stakeholders across multiple geographies and functions, and are comfortable working with distributed teams.
- You are a self-starter who operates independently and interacts confidently with senior management, influencing without authority.
- You have a strong work ethic, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage many cross-functional projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and can make complex privacy and regulatory concepts clear to both legal and non-legal audiences, including executives.
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
Zone 2 Pay Range
$219,800—$302,300 USD
Zone 3 Pay Range
$207,600—$285,450 USD
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Compliance
If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
INTRODUCTION
Databricks is seeking a talented and experienced privacy attorney to lead our privacy compliance program and help the Databricks legal team provide cutting-edge, practical legal advice as we navigate rapidly evolving global laws and regulations in big data — including data privacy, data protection, and AI. This role reports to the Director & Assistant General Counsel, Privacy. As the day-to-day owner of the privacy compliance program, you will be responsible for developing AI solutions for operating and maturing the controls that keep Databricks compliant, and serve as a trusted advisor to business partners across the company.
You will be agile, highly organized, and have the skills, drive, and flexibility to build and scale a program at a leading technology company, addressing cutting-edge legal issues and organizational challenges. A successful candidate will be an AI proficient builder, resourceful self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and excellent at building strong relationships and driving cross-functional execution.
The impact you will have
- Program Leadership: Own day-to-day operation of the Databricks privacy compliance program. Define priorities, establish and track program metrics and KPIs, and report on program health, risks, and maturity.
- Business and Legal Judgment: Exercise practical judgment about when to approve, approve with conditions, decline, or escalate.
- Privacy Program Compliance: Lead the further development, implementation, and continuous improvement of core program components — data subject rights requests, data inventory and data mapping (ROPA), records of processing, privacy by design, and the policies and processes that make the program run. Operate and improve the effectiveness of critical privacy compliance workflows.
- End-to-End Privacy by Design & Risk Assessments: Develop privacy review processes for the full data and product lifecycle — from ideation to end of life. Improve.
- Contract Negotiation and Transactions: Draft and update form agreements, and counsel on and negotiate data protection provisions in commercial contracts, including data processing addendums (DPAs), standard contractual clauses (SCCs), and related data-transfer instruments.
- Regulatory Analysis & Engagement: Monitor, research, and evaluate the applicability and impact of global privacy and AI laws, legislation, and regulatory guidance on new business initiatives. Support responses to regulator inquiries, audits, and enforcement developments.
- Policy Development: Develop, review, and maintain privacy policies, standards, notices, and procedures to align with legal requirements and best practices.
- Process Improvement: Contribute to developing and refining the processes that improve the privacy function, and partner with your stakeholders to build scalable process improvements as the business grows.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Legal Partnership: Build deep cross-functional relationships and collaborate with other legal leaders in commercial, go-to-market, compliance, corporate, and public affairs on privacy issues. Own the privacy training and awareness program, delivering strategic and timely enablement to keep the organization compliant.
- Incident Response: Advise on privacy and cybersecurity issues as a member of incident response teams, including breach assessment, notification analysis, and remediation, in partnership with the Legal Product team and Security.
- Team Contribution: Provide general legal support on a flexible, as-needed basis with respect to other areas of the business, and contribute as a team player to further the legal department's reputation as an effective, respected, and valued resource within the company.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience at a top law firm and/or in-house (a combination of both is a plus), with 5+ years focused on privacy and demonstrated experience building, operating, or leading a privacy compliance program (not solely advisory work)
- Deep, current knowledge of global privacy frameworks, including the GDPR/UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and the growing patchwork of U.S. state comprehensive privacy laws, and familiarity with cross-border data transfer mechanisms (SCCs, IDTA, adequacy, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework)
- Working knowledge of the operational building blocks of a privacy program — DPIAs/PIAs, ROPA and data mapping, data subject rights processes, privacy by design, and vendor/third-party risk management
- Capacity to be a generalist and learn new areas of law and legal skills quickly as the business evolves
- Deep understanding of cloud and software technology, and a strong desire to work on legal issues in these areas
- Experience working for a company offering platform services to business customers is a plus
- Familiarity with privacy management tooling (e.g., OneTrust or comparable) is a plus
- J.D. from a top-tier law school
- State bar membership required, in good standing
- One or more privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP) preferred; CIPM is particularly valued for a program-leadership role
WHAT YOU BRING
- You can set direction for a program and drive it to execution — prioritizing and managing time and client expectations in the face of competing demands, often without direct guidance, as we scale our rapidly expanding business.
- You exercise good judgment in raising issues, assessing risk, and providing concise, actionable, business-focused legal advice and counsel.
- You build strong, deep working relationships with internal stakeholders across multiple geographies and functions, and are comfortable working with distributed teams.
- You are a self-starter who operates independently and interacts confidently with senior management, influencing without authority.
- You have a strong work ethic, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage many cross-functional projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and can make complex privacy and regulatory concepts clear to both legal and non-legal audiences, including executives.
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
Zone 2 Pay Range
$219,800—$302,300 USD
Zone 3 Pay Range
$207,600—$285,450 USD
About Databricks
Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Compliance
If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Compliance Program Manager
Verify your degree aligns with compliance
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to compliance program management. A business, law, finance, or risk management degree supports the specialty occupation claim. A general liberal arts degree may trigger an RFE without supplemental credentials.
Search LCA filings by SOC code
Compliance Program Managers file under SOC code 13-1041 on Labor Condition Applications. Filter DOL's OFLC disclosure data by this code to identify which employers have filed recently, giving you a verified list of active H-1B sponsors in this specific role.
Target regulated industries with mandatory compliance functions
Financial services, healthcare, and defense contractors are legally required to maintain compliance programs, making their sponsorship history more consistent than discretionary roles. Employers in these sectors file LCAs for compliance positions even in hiring slowdowns.
Use Migrate Mate to filter verified sponsors
Migrate Mate surfaces employer LCA filing history by occupation code, so you can see exactly which companies have sponsored Compliance Program Manager roles. This removes the guesswork of cold-applying to employers who've never filed for this position.
Negotiate LCA filing before your OPT expires
If you're on OPT, the employer's LCA must be certified by DOL before your USCIS H-1B petition can be filed. Build at least three weeks of LCA lead time into your offer timeline so the cap-gap rule can bridge your status if you're selected in the lottery.
Prepare a specialty occupation justification memo
Compliance Program Manager is a documented specialty occupation under O*NET, but USCIS RFEs on this title are common when job duties overlap with general management. Ask your employer's attorney to document why the specific role requires a compliance-field degree, not just any bachelor's degree.
H-1B Visa Compliance Program Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Compliance Program Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B?
Yes. Compliance Program Manager positions qualify as specialty occupations when the employer can demonstrate the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as business administration, law, finance, or risk management. Roles with vague duty statements or that accept any degree field are more vulnerable to USCIS RFEs challenging specialty occupation status.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Compliance Program Manager positions?
Financial institutions, hospital systems, government contractors, and multinational corporations in heavily regulated industries sponsor H-1B visas for compliance roles most consistently. These employers maintain dedicated compliance departments and file LCAs even outside general hiring cycles. Migrate Mate shows verified LCA filing history by employer and occupation code, so you can identify active sponsors before applying.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new employer for a Compliance Program Manager role?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 allows you to transfer to a new employer once your petition has been pending for 180 days, as long as the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. The new employer files an H-1B transfer petition, and you can begin work as soon as USCIS receives it, without waiting for approval.
What prevailing wage level applies to Compliance Program Manager H-1B filings?
Most Compliance Program Manager positions are filed at DOL wage Level II or Level III, depending on the scope of supervisory responsibility and program complexity. Employers certify the offered wage meets or exceeds the prevailing wage for the SOC code and geographic area. You can check current prevailing wage benchmarks for your metro area using the OFLC Wage Search tool.
How long does H-1B sponsorship take for a Compliance Program Manager job?
From offer acceptance to H-1B approval, the process typically runs three to six months under standard processing, or two to four weeks with premium processing. The employer's DOL LCA certification adds roughly seven business days before the USCIS petition can be filed. Cap-subject petitions are also subject to the annual lottery, which runs in March for an October 1 start date.