Corporate Attorney

NetApp, Inc.•San Jose, CA

3d•$196,350 - $292,600•Hybrid

About The Position

NetApp is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Commercial Counsel to support its North America Sales organization. The role enables business growth by providing strategic legal guidance, leading efficient negotiations, and delivering practical solutions that balance commercial objectives, customer needs, and legal and corporate standards. The successful candidate will bring substantial experience with complex technology transactions and an understanding of NetApp’s dual distribution model, channel ecosystem, and evolving as-a-service offerings. The role also calls for responsible use of artificial intelligence, automation, and data-driven insights to improve legal service delivery, operational efficiency, and business outcomes. This is a hybrid role with an in-office expectation of three days per week at the San Jose, California location only. The target salary range is $196,350–$292,600 USD. The offered salary may vary based on location, qualifications, experience, and education, and may fall outside this range. Compensation includes a comprehensive benefits package, which may cover health and life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, performance-based incentives, an employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stock units, subject to regional variations and applicable laws and policies.

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree and active membership in good standing in at least one state bar.
At least 10 years of legal experience, including at least five years in-house with a technology company.
Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex technology agreements with customers, distributors, resellers, and other business partners.
In-depth understanding of technology transactions and business models involving software, hardware, software-as-a-service, services, data privacy, information security, and evolving delivery models.
Ability to identify and assess legal, contractual, privacy, intellectual property, compliance, commercial, and AI-related risks and translate complex issues into practical, business-oriented advice.
Demonstrated interest in responsibly using technology, AI-enabled tools, automation, and data-driven insights to improve legal service delivery, efficiency, consistency, and business outcomes.
Excellent communication, drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management, collaboration, judgment, professionalism, accountability, and interpersonal skills.
Solution-oriented and growth-minded, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, adapt to change, and execute with appropriate speed and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic legal business partner to the North America Sales organization, providing practical advice that supports revenue growth and strong customer and partner relationships.
Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial technology agreements with customers, distributors, resellers, and channel partners, including agreements involving hardware, software, SaaS, storage-as-a-service, professional services, data privacy, and information security.
Apply understanding of NetApp’s dual distribution model and the legal and commercial considerations of direct sales and sales through distributors, resellers, and other channel partners.
Provide strategic legal advice and risk assessments that balance business objectives, customer needs, legal requirements, and corporate policies.
Advise on contractual, regulatory, privacy, intellectual property, information security, AI, machine learning, data-use, and other emerging technology issues.
Partner with Finance, Information Security, Privacy, Sales Operations, Product, and other stakeholders to resolve complex issues, advance transactions to execution, and develop practical, scalable solutions.
Support responsible adoption of AI-enabled technologies, automation, analytics, and knowledge resources to improve legal productivity, consistency, knowledge management, contract lifecycle management, and operational effectiveness.
Encourage thoughtful experimentation, share effective practices, and help colleagues adopt new technologies and ways of working.
Improve legal templates, playbooks, training, self-service resources, and processes to reduce friction, address recurring issues, and improve deal velocity.
Manage complex legal matters independently, exercise sound judgment, prioritize competing demands, and deliver timely, practical, risk-informed solutions in a fast-paced environment.