Commercial Counsel

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Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. Thats why were a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.

Protection Starts with People.

The Role and the Team

Based in our Pittsburgh, PA office this is a Hybrid role going into the office 3 days per week. The Proofpoint Legal Department is dedicated to providing expert legal advice in a fast-paced business environment and supporting Proofpoints crucial mission of enabling organizations across the world to defend, protect, archive and govern their most sensitive data. This position will report to a Director, Legal. The Commercial Counsel role is an important part of building the culture and success of the legal function to help drive Proofpoints growth.

The Commercial Counsel will join a collaborative and experienced legal team and will interact with cross-functional teams, peers, junior colleagues, and staff to enable their development and the enhancement of our commercial legal support processes. The successful candidate will be comfortable leading Proofpoint teams on deals, interacting with internal and external executives, and making agile and practical decisions that comply with company standards, policy and strategy.

Your Day to Day:

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial, revenue-generating agreements, including SaaS, software, channel, and other service agreements (Data Processing, Business Associate and Non-Disclosure Agreements) (~80%)
• Provide legal analyses of applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact customer license and services agreements and assist the team in strengthening its capabilities and services efficacy through Legal Operations guidance and implementation of best practices (~10%)
• 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 internal constituents (~5%)
• Proactively communicate issues back to leadership and drive sound business, legal and operational processes and practices throughout the organization; drafting and implementing related policies; travel as requested (~5%)

The How:

• Excellent negotiation and diplomacy skills, 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
• Strong analytical and drafting skills with keen attention to detail and the ability to improve our forms and demonstrate flexibility in using customer or partner paper
• Effective communication in person, in groups, over email and in more formal documentation
• Highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics
• A practical, creative, and proactive problem solver who is confident and poised and a consummate team player.

What you bring:

• Experience with commercial technology transactions (SaaS and Software) with Fortune 1000 companies and Channel (Reseller, VAR, MSP, etc.) programs and relationships required
• Experience partnering (and developing rapport) with sales teams in a fast-paced environment that requires sound judgment, excellent counseling skills and ability to prioritize matters
• 5+ 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 information security matters
• Member in good standing of the Pennsylvania State Bar
• Member in good standing of the applicable State Bar.

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. Were a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly culture-add, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtPFPT

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

All other cities and states excluding those listed above: