Senior Corporate Counsel - Middle East

About the role

Salesforce is hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel for its Legal team, based in Dubai and reporting to the London-based head of Privacy, EMEA. The role works with cross-functional groups internally and with regulators externally on regulatory and compliance matters in the Middle East, partnering with Employment Legal, Global Ethics & Integrity and Cybersecurity Legal teams.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as subject matter expert on Middle Eastern privacy, cybersecurity and data laws, including emerging AI regulations, and advise on their implications for products and customers
• Negotiate privacy, security and AI-related agreements and respond to customer and partner governance queries
• Help identify and mitigate compliance risks, run enablement sessions on ethics and integrity policies, and support anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-fraud, global trade and public sector ethics programmes
• Develop employment documentation such as employment contracts, confidentiality agreements and sales compensation documents
• Collaborate with Sales, Security, Technology, Employee Success, AI/Product and Government Affairs teams to ensure compliance with laws, contracts and certifications
• Improve legal processes, champion the use of AI tools in legal workflows, and train internal teams
• Advise on contract disputes, bid challenges and regulatory inquiries, and review gift and entertainment submissions

Required profile

• LL.B. or J.D. from university, licensed to practice law in the UAE, another GCC jurisdiction or the EU/UK
• Minimum 10 years of legal experience, able to work under tight deadlines
• Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic
• Preferred: experience in highly regulated sectors such as financial services, healthcare and the public sector
• Preferred: knowledge of the US FCPA, UK Bribery Act and regional anti-corruption laws, and experience advising on AI-related legal issues

Required skills

• Familiarity with global and regional data, cybersecurity and AI regulatory frameworks
• Exceptional negotiation and drafting skills, attention to detail and strong legal reasoning
• Ability to explain complex regulatory concepts to non-legal, non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated comfort using AI tools in day-to-day work