Sr. Legal Counsel, International Public Sector Compliance

The role

This person will scale the international Public Sector compliance program by providing risk-balanced advice for EMEA and other international markets. They will partner with in-region Public Sector contracting legal teams and cross-functional stakeholders to develop scalable guidance and localize compliance elements.

What you will do

• Provide timely, business-oriented compliance guidance to Public Sector stakeholders.
• Lead localization of Public Sector compliance guidance for priority countries and regions.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver guardrails and options that support growth and manage risk.
• Build reusable playbooks, templates, and enablement.
• Lead internal investigations as needed.
• Improve consistency and clarity across jurisdictions for international workflows.

Required qualifications

• Qualified attorney in good standing in an EMEA jurisdiction.
• Several years of post qualification experience.
• Experience advising on public sector procurement/government contracting or related compliance issues in EMEA.
• Comfortable navigating multi-jurisdiction complexity.
• Strong builder mindset.
• Clear, executive-ready communicator.

Nice to have

• Mix of in-house/law firm experience
• Investigations experience (scoping, interviews, evidence management, clear written outputs)

About the company

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents.