Corporate Counsel – M&A, SaaS
Sphera
Senior Legal Counsel
Sophos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
Tech Stack
Cyber Security
About the role
- Own lead responsibility for tracking, monitoring, and driving into the business customer purchase and use requirements arising from worldwide cybersecurity regulations
- Work cross-functionally with products, marketing, sales, and products to support regulatory frameworks that guide customer purchase and use requirements arising from worldwide cybersecurity regulations
- Fulfill all licensing requirements for rendering cybersecurity services required under new and existing worldwide cybersecurity regulations
- Evaluate and report enterprise security incidents in all jurisdictions as required under new and existing worldwide cybersecurity regulations
- Review and understand worldwide data protection and artificial intelligence laws and regulations, its impact on cybersecurity, to support regulatory advice to the business
- Contribute to AI use case and legal guidance arising from AI regulatory requirements
- Work cross-functionally to support Certification Team to drive worldwide cybersecurity regulatory requirements into business certifications
- Create standard operating procedures that support functions owned by this role
- Host sessions with stakeholders to build awareness of cybersecurity regulatory requirements and internal processes
- Be the Company contact for legal advice guiding cybersecurity regulatory requirements, including those impacting standard contract issues, sales and marketing, product, business certification, information security, and licensing
- Develop, maintain, and enhance a global cybersecurity regulatory platform
- Conduct legal research into a variety of topics and produce clear and concise guidance
- Manage a varied workload and manage business expectations amid tight timelines
Requirements
- 7+ years’ experience as an in-house counsel or equivalent experience in a national law firm performing equivalent regulatory counsel work
- A strong operational knowledge of regulations that impact the users of technology, including cybersecurity, and an understanding of laws, regulations, and standards impacting data protection and artificial intelligence
- Develop and drive into the business the cybersecurity regulatory requirements defining the purchase and user decisions of customers operating in regulated industries
- Proven ability to perform functional legal research into a variety of cybersecurity legal and regulatory requirements, make a practical application of legal research results, and advise the Sophos business in a clear and concise manner
- Prioritize and manage regulatory requirements that impact the business and require reporting or licensing with specific cybersecurity regulatory authorities
- Experience working in a global company across multiple jurisdictions and advising a varied set of business functions
- An ability to work cross-functionally with business teams to support their objectives and key results
- Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and manage a varied workload
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Collaborative spirit, positive attitude, and high level of integrity
- Fluency in English is mandatory, additional European languages are helpful
Benefits
- Sophos operates a remote-first working model
- Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
- Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
- Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
- Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
- Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
- Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cybersecurity regulationsdata protection lawsartificial intelligence lawslegal researchregulatory compliancelicensing requirementsstandard operating proceduresenterprise security incident evaluationregulatory frameworksbusiness certifications
Soft skills
organizational skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsanalytical skillscollaborationattention to detailpositive attitudeintegrityability to manage workloadcross-functional teamwork
