Corporate Counsel

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Corporate Counsel
The candidate will join a collaborative legal team who will work with cross-functional teams, peers, junior colleagues and staff to enable their development and the development of our commercial legal support processes. Will be comfortable leading Company teams on deals, interacting with internal and external executives, and making agile decisions that comply with company standards, policy and strategy as well as evolve Company practices. Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial, revenue-generating agreements, including SaaS, software, channel, and other service agreements. Provide legal analyses of applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact customer license and services agreements, and assist in the design and implementation of appropriate policies and practices to support the Federal/State/Local/Educational customer segment of U.S. and Canadian Government and/or assist the broader legal team in enhancing its capabilities and services efficacy through technology and other legal operations tools best practices. Assist in development and implementation of various legal templates, forms, communications and operational systems to improve the delivery and scalability of legal resources to a worldwide, distributed client base by working collaboratively with other legal team members and the sales organization. Proactively communicate issues back to leadership and drive good business, legal and operational processes and practices throughout the organization; drafting and implementing related policies; travel as requested.

Qualification and Experience

The candidate should be member in good standing of the applicable State Bar. Should have experience with commercial technology transactions (SaaS and Software) with Fortune 1000 companies and Channel (Reseller, VAR, MSP, OEM, SI, etc.) programs and relationships. Must have experience partnering (and developing rapport) with sales teams in a fast-paced environment that requires client-friendly demeanor, sound judgment, excellent counseling skills and ability to prioritize matters. Experience in the Federal/State/Local/Educational customer segment for the U.S. and Canadian Governments and/or experience in technological Legal Operations desired. 7 years+ experience as an attorney, with previous in-house experience strongly preferred. Law firm (AMLAW 200 or equivalent) experience preferred, especially in business transactions, litigation, intellectual property and/or licensing. Experience handling data privacy and security issues is required. Must have excellent negotiation skills and diplomacy, including ability to build consensus, “soft” skills to encourage, motivate and influence at all levels of the organization and those of our customers and partners.

Additional info

Ref R4481.

Company info

Hiring Coordinator
Proofpoint, Inc.
40 24th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222