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Job Summary NetApp is seeking a Director, Legal to support the Worldwide Partner and Marketing ... Sound business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to translate legal issues into ...

These roles range from senior leadership positions, such as Executive Director, Legal Services, to Associate General Counsel positions supporting enterprise growth initiatives and business operations.

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Director, Legal

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$180K - $200K/yr

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These roles range from senior leadership positions, such as Executive Director, Legal Services, to Associate General Counsel positions supporting enterprise growth initiatives and business operations.

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These roles range from senior leadership positions, such as Executive Director, Legal Services, to Associate General Counsel positions supporting enterprise growth initiatives and business operations.

Job Summary NetApp is seeking a Director, Legal to support the Worldwide Partner and Marketing ... Sound business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to translate legal issues into ...

Director, Legal Technology We are Lennar Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders ... Help create executive status reporting, business cases, and staffing proposals; present roadmap ...

Serve as the executive owner of Scopely's Legal technology portfolio and establish a coherent ... Direct the Sr. Manager's hands-on execution of knowledge management and AI initiatives, including ...

Director, Legal Technology We are Lennar Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders ... Help create executive status reporting, business cases, and staffing proposals; present roadmap ...

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As Director, Legal Operations, you will serve as a central operational partner to the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for department operations,financial management, outside counsel and ...

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Director of Legal Services

Evanston, IL · On-site

$110K - $125K/yr

The Director of Legal Services reports directly to the Executive Director. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Legal-Program Leadership, Supervision, and Team Development (55%) * Provide strategic leadership ...

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Director of Legal Services

Evanston, IL · On-site

$110K - $125K/yr

The Director of Legal Services reports directly to the Executive Director. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Legal-Program Leadership, Supervision, and Team Development (55%) * Provide strategic leadership ...

Serve as the executive owner of Scopely's Legal technology portfolio and establish a coherent ... Direct the Sr. Manager's hands-on execution of knowledge management and AI initiatives, including ...

The Director of Legal Services reports directly to the Executive Director. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Legal-Program Leadership, Supervision, and Team Development (55%) * Provide strategic leadership ...

... Director, Legal. You bring strong expertise in commercial technology transactions, privacy, and ... Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll advise executives and cross-functional teams on commercial ...

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How much do executive director legal jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 10, 2026, the average yearly pay for executive director legal in the United States is $139,444.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $109,000.00 and $160,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Executive Director Legal vs General Counsel?

AspectExecutive Director LegalGeneral Counsel
CredentialsJD or equivalent, legal license, leadership experienceJD or equivalent, legal license, extensive legal experience
Work EnvironmentOversees legal department, strategic planningHeads the legal department, provides legal advice to executives
Employer & Industry UsageNonprofit, corporate, or organizational leadershipCorporations, large organizations, legal departments
Common Search & ComparisonExecutive Director Legal vs General Counsel

The Executive Director Legal and General Counsel roles both require legal expertise and leadership skills. The main difference lies in their scope: the Executive Director Legal often focuses on strategic oversight within organizations, especially nonprofits, while the General Counsel typically serves as the chief legal officer in corporations, providing comprehensive legal advice and managing legal risks.

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Infographic showing various Executive Director Legal job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 88% Full Time, 11% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 89% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $139,444 per year, or $67 per hour.

Director, Legal

Mclean, VA • On-site

NetApp
IT Services • 10K+ employees

Full-time

Medical, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 13 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the Worldwide Partner and Marketing organizations.

  • Draft, review, and negotiate partner, alliance, marketing, channel, marketplace, and other commercial agreements.

  • Lead and develop a small legal team and improve processes, playbooks, templates, and tools to support scalable legal service delivery.


NetApp rating

9.4

Company rating: 9.4 out of 10

Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

2nd of 501 rated business services


Job description

About NetApp

NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and cloud operations services to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, we help our customers identify and realize new business possibilities.
At NetApp, we fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global workforce with a culture of belonging. We encourage people to bring fresh ideas, collaborate across teams, and build trusted partnerships that drive results for our customers and communities.

Job Summary

NetApp is seeking a Director, Legal to support the Worldwide Partner and Marketing organizations. This person will provide practical legal advice on partner programs, strategic alliances, channel and ecosystem initiatives, marketing activities, and related commercial agreements. 

The role partners closely with business leaders to enable growth, manage risk, and support clear, scalable execution across global partner and marketing strategies. This role initially manages one attorney and may grow over time as business needs evolve. 


This role reports to the Vice President, Field Legal and includes people leadership responsibility for a team of four U.S.-based attorneys. You will work closely with senior leaders across Sales, Partners, Marketing, Customer Support, Professional Services, Finance, Deal Desk, and other crossfunctional teams.
This is a U.S.-based hybrid role located in RTP, Vienna (VA), or San Jose (CA), and may require occasional travel.

What You'll Do

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the Worldwide Partner and Marketing organizations.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate partner, alliance, marketing, channel, marketplace, and other commercial agreements.
  • Advise on partner programs, incentives, rules of engagement, co-selling, co-marketing, and partner-led go-to-market models.
  • Identify and help manage legal, contractual, compliance, privacy, trade, public sector, and program governance risks.
  • Support marketing campaigns, brand and communications work, customer advocacy, sponsorships, events, promotions, and partner marketing initiatives.
  • Lead and develop a small legal team and improve processes, playbooks, templates, and tools to support scalable legal service delivery. 

What You'll Bring

  • JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
  • 15+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house experience at a technology company.
  • Experience supporting partner, channel, alliance, ecosystem, marketing, go-to-market, or revenue-generating teams.
  • Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial, partner, channel, alliance, and marketing agreements. 
  • Sound business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to translate legal issues into practical business advice. 

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 227,800 - 338,800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU's), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process. 


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About NetApp

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The NetApp portfolio of leading data, application, and storage solutions helps organizations manage applications and data everywhere across hybrid multicloud environments. Our 30 years of innovation have made us the proven leader in all-flash storage. We have the only enterprise-grade storage OS available natively on the world’s biggest public clouds. Our data services offer the best security and protection in the industry. We have CloudOps services that will revolutionize how you work in the cloud. And that’s just scratching the surface. In a world of hybrid multicloud complexity, we envision a better IT experience—an evolved cloud state where on-premises and cloud environments are united as one, always delivering simplicity, security, savings, and sustainability. To get you there, we build solutions that drive faster innovation wherever your data and applications live, with unified management and AI-driven optimization. No walled gardens. No lock-in. You get the freedom to do what’s best for your business today and the flexibility to adapt to whatever tomorrow throws at you.

Industry

It services

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Sunnyvale, CA, US