Director, Products and Services Counsel

15-15 yrs required

Full-time

No

Job Title: Director, Products and Services Counsel
Experience: Minimum 15 years providing legal support to technology businesses at both a law firm and corporate legal department
Salary Information:
- Base pay range for SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area: $248,000 - $341,000 per year
- Base pay range for California (excluding SF Bay Area), Washington (excluding Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts: $223,200 - $306,900 per year
- Base pay range for all other cities and states (excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area, and Washington DC Metro Area): $198,400 - $272,800 per year

Director, Products and Services Counsel role at Splunk:
- Responsible for providing legal support to various solutions groups and business teams
- Work closely with key internal business and technology partners on strategic and day-to-day legal matters related to Splunk offerings
- Support the development and release of new solutions and channels, ensure production readiness, and address customer requirements
- Report to Director, Products and Marketing (Legal)

Personal Characteristics and Skills:
- Possess excellent business judgment and critical thinking skills
- Maintain a strong work ethic and high degree of accountability
- Ability to use business context to generate pragmatic and effective legal solutions while mitigating risks
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and sophisticated influencing skills
- Success requires self-motivation, inquisitiveness, confidence, diligence, and a passion to learn about new technologies

Responsibilities:
- Support product development, readiness, and releases by reviewing product release checklists for legal issues
- Build trusted advisor relationships with senior managers
- Engage with product team members, including product managers, field strategists, software engineers, data scientists, technical writers, and marketing managers
- Support M&A activities, including diligence and integration
- Review, draft, and negotiate technology agreements
- Perform due diligence to ensure compliance with third-party agreements, open source licenses, security attestations, and government regulations and certifications
- Develop positive relationships with cross-functional partners across Splunk to effectively deliver on complex tasks
- Assist with other responsibilities as needed

Qualifications:
- JD degree from ABA accredited university and member in good standing of the Bar in the relevant jurisdiction
- Minimum of 15 years of experience providing legal support to technology businesses at both a well-regarded law firm and corporate legal department
- At least 6 years in the software/SaaS industry with strong understanding of cloud service offerings
- Understanding of Big Data (including ML/AI) preferred
- Expertise in intellectual property, open source issues, data privacy, and information and product security
- Deep experience and knowledge in reviewing technology license agreements and negotiating difficult transactions
- Experience working with software developers and product managers to guide compliance and resolve complicated issues in creative and effective ways

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
- Prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work
- Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws
- Considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements

Benefits:
- Flexible working arrangements, including remote and/or in-office roles
- Market-based pay structure which varies by location
- Eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards
- Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan and match, and paid time off

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Business judgment, critical thinking, work ethic, accountability, legal solutions, risk mitigation, communication, influencing, negotiation, due diligence

JD degree from ABA accredited university

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Qualification and Experience JD degree from ABA accredited university, member in good standing of the Bar in relevant jurisdiction

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