It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! _We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._ **Corporat** **e 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. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. **T** **he Role and the Team** The Proofpoint Legal Department is dedicated to providing expert legal advice in a fast-paced business environment and supporting Proofpoint’s crucial mission of enabling organizations across the world to protect their most valuable assets, their people and their data, with our people-centric cybersecurity products and services. This position will be part of the Technology and Products Group in the Legal department. The Procurement Counsel role is an important part of building the culture and success of the legal function to help drive Proofpoint’s growth. **Role Overview:** The Procurement Counsel will join a collaborative legal team and will work with cross-functional teams, peers, and staff to advance business objectives. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting Proofpoint’s finance, engineering, marketing, sales, IT and other business units. The role is based in Cork, Ireland. **Your day-to-day** + You will work with sourcing and vendor management and will provide excellent legal advice, inbound license negotiation, template creation, and training relevant to the procurement process of a SaaS company on multiple subjects, such as: generative-ai, global data privacy, regulatory compliance, open-source, and other contractual terms and contract vehicles. + You will respond to requests for advice on legal and regulatory topics, and also research and advise on new laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact your internal clients’ business initiatives. + You will help drive the design and implementation of appropriate policies to ensure compliance with existing and new legal frameworks, such as continually evolving data protection and privacy laws. + You will proactively communicate issues back to management and drive good business, legal and operational processes throughout the organization, and draft and implement related policies. **Job Requirements** The successful candidate will be a highly collaborative, strategic and quick-witted individual with relevant experience in: + Data security and privacy regulations, such as GDPR or CCPA/CPRA + SaaS services and products + Excellent negotiation skills + Strong writing and drafting skills with keen attention to detail + Effective communication in person, in groups, over video and teleconference, over email and in more formal documentation + A practical, creative and proactive problem-solver who is confident and calm under fire and a strong team player + The highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics Experience as a licensed attorney + Member in good standing of the Bar of Ireland **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. We’re 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 \#LI – AB1 _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_ Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams. To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos. We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees. Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace. At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: + Build and enhance our proven security platform + Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture + Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel + Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges   We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.