Director, Product Legal

About the role

NetApp is looking for an experienced Director, Product Legal to join its Legal team and act as a strategic legal partner to its Product organizations, including Enterprise Storage, Cloud Services and Hybrid Storage Systems. The role supports technical product, engineering and business teams across the product lifecycle, with a focus on enterprise products, on-premises offerings, cloud services and software, and also manages and develops a small team of legal professionals.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with product management, engineering and business leadership on on-premises, cloud services and other product organizations, giving strategic legal guidance from conception through launch, commercialization, support and end-of-life.
• Draft, negotiate and advise on complex inbound technology transactions such as software licensing, cloud services, acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint development agreements and OEM arrangements.
• Advise on enterprise agreements, including representations and warranties, licensing rights, intellectual property protection and compliance obligations.
• Guide product and engineering teams on cloud, SaaS, hybrid cloud and emerging technologies, including open source, AI use, data privacy and product compliance.
• Lead, mentor and develop a small team of legal professionals, balancing hands-on legal work with people leadership.

Required profile

• J.D. degree and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 10-12+ years of legal experience supporting technology products, product counseling and complex technology transactions, including inbound technology agreements.
• Experience advising enterprise-focused (B2B) technology organizations and negotiating complex inbound technology agreements.
• Ability to work directly with engineering, product and technical leadership and to manage complex legal matters independently.
• Prior people management experience, including coaching and mentoring legal professionals.
• Preferred: background combining a major law firm and an in-house technology legal department, and experience with cloud-first, software-first or enterprise infrastructure companies.

What we offer

• Target salary range of 227,800 - 308,000 USD, depending on location, qualifications and experience.
• Benefits that may include health insurance, life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, performance incentives, an employee stock purchase plan and restricted stock units.
• A hybrid working environment; in-office expectations are shared during recruitment.

Applications are submitted only through the company website; emailing recruiters or HR directly will not affect the process.