Director, Assistant General Counsel - Technology Transactions and Alliances

Overview

Snowflake is seeking an experienced technology transactions / commercial contracting leader to join our world-class legal team, reporting to the Senior Director, Associate General Counsel - Technology Transactions and Alliances. We are looking for someone who has demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. Our ideal candidate will be an experienced, creative, collaborative, and pragmatic problem solver who excels at negotiating complex partnership agreements and leading key team initiatives, including driving improvement of templates, processes and cross-functional workflows. Top-tier writing and analytical skills are required. Candidates must also demonstrate the ability to recognize and weigh business and legal risks, think strategically, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and advance practical solutions. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team and work on cutting edge issues in an exciting environment. This is an in-person role based in Menlo Park, CA or Dublin, CA.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company\'s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company\'s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee\'s duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Snowflake\'s Business Development, Partnerships, Sales, and Strategic Sourcing teams on commercial and technology transactions
• Effectively lead, project-manage, structure, negotiate and close agreements, such as agreements for SaaS, AI, resellers, cloud infrastructure, or strategic partnerships
• Provide sound, practical advice and guidance on legal and business-related issues to senior business leaders
• Balance legal risks against real-world business imperatives to provide pragmatic and market-based solutions
• Respond promptly to the demands of stakeholders and their management
• Actively collaborate with cross-functional teams, including legal, finance, tax, product, engineering, security, and compliance, to appropriately manage risk and build processes to foster compliance
• Lead and manage a team of attorneys
• Monitor overall deal workflow to identify bottlenecks and drive resolution
• Lead the development and improvement of forms, policies, processes and playbooks to help streamline, simplify and automate contracting processes
• Keep abreast of the rapidly evolving legal landscape affecting our agreements
• Work well in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

Requirements

Snowflake is growing fast, and we\'re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

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Compensation

The successful candidate\'s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes : medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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