Corporate Attorney

Job Summary:

NetApp the multi-billion-dollar intelligent data infrastructure company is seeking a highly motivated Senior Counsel or Counsel to join its award-winning legal department. The successful candidate will support the companys growing product legal function with a focus on our rapidly expanding cloud storage services and intelligent data services. This role will have an immediate impact on our leading efforts to provide customers with unparalleled management and application of their data estates across on-prem and cloud deployments through new AI tools and services. This position is based in San Jose California but other locations with NetApp offices will be considered for the right candidate.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic business advisor to NetApps cloud storage and data management products and services
• Partner with product teams and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. engineering ops finance support etc.) in support of all phases of the product lifecycle: conception design MVP go-to-market GA support and end-of-life/deprecation
• Embed yourself within product and engineering organizations to ensure compliance with regulatory regimes commercial/contractual partnerships and internal policies
• Serve as a resource for internal clients on a wide range of legal areas including developing issues around the application/deployment of AI and LLMs as well as issues dealing with open source and IP licensing data privacy and security and tech transactions among others
• Help build and participate in scalable processes for legal review and launch of new products; identify interdependencies to foster alignment/track approvals across multiple stakeholder groups
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to structure and draft product-specific terms to be incorporated into standard commercial templates custom templates (such as SDK or API licenses terms of use and product policies/documentation
• Assist product and finance teams to optimize commercial agreements for desired revenue modeling (e.g. software hardware recurring services/SaaS leases etc.)

Job Requirements:

• 8years of relevant experience (preferred but not required) in law firm or in-house practice supporting tech transactions or product development in cloud services or SaaS markets
• Demonstrated experience in tech product lifecycle management guiding clients and products through launch processes
• Knowledgeand experience in IP matters product development commercial/go-to-market issues data privacy and security and compliance especially as they arise in complex SaaS IP licensing and strategic partnership agreements
• Substantial experience advising structuring drafting and negotiating tech transactions including partner agreements OEM relationships inbound/outbound licenses strategic partnerships/alliances SaaS and professional/hosted services agreements
• Strong interest and ability develop in-depth knowledge of NetApps wide range of data storage and management solutions to provide strategic and pragmatic business-centric legal advice
• Self-starter mentality to proactively engage clients; comfortable working in and sorting through ambiguity with a proven track record in building credibility with and influencing cross-functional teams
• Providing foresight and protection for the company against legal risks.
• Preparing and examining contracts involving leases licenses purchases sales insurance etc.
• Coordinating proactive completion of discovery as a case may require i.e. interrogatories request for production of documents depositions.
• Managing all phases of litigation in cases involving employment discrimination breach of contract wrongful discharge and unfair labor practice claims.

Education:

• Bar admission in any jurisdiction with good standing

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