Role Summary
This role demands a strong understanding of cybersecurity laws and regulations impacting the providers of cybersecurity services and products, including their impact on AI, data protection, the licensing of products and services, and the reporting of security incidents that arise from cybersecurity laws and regulations; and a strong understanding of cybersecurity laws and regulations impacting the users cybersecurity products and services in regulated industries, including their requirements for material outsourcing, audit, and certification. This role requires a lawyer who can distill legal and regulatory requirements into actionable business processes that protect the enterprise and into technical sales and marketing data that communicates compliance-ready products and services available from a cybersecurity technology provider to users that exist in a regulated industries environment. Key responsibilities include performing industry sector impact assessments, understanding user requirements, acting on enterprise licensing requirements in various jurisdictions, evaluating incident matters to determine reportable data, reporting to cybersecurity authorities in various jurisdictions, legal research, providing day-to-day advice to the business about cybersecurity regulations, understanding the impact of cybersecurity regulations on data protection, security requirements, audit, and certification, and producing policies, standard operating procedures, and governing regulatory criteria for the Company. This role will work cross-functionally with Security, Marketing, Sales, Privacy and the broader Legal Team. This role will report to the VP, Regulatory and Associate General Counsel based in the and offers flexibility to be based anywhere within the,, Canada, or EU.
What You Will Do
1. Own lead responsibility for tracking, monitoring, and driving into the business customer purchase and use requirements arising from worldwide cybersecurity regulations
2. 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
3. Fulfill all licensing requirements for rendering cybersecurity services required under new and existing worldwide cybersecurity regulations
4. Evaluate and report enterprise security incidents in all jurisdictions as required under new and existing worldwide cybersecurity regulations
5. Review and understand worldwide data protection and artificial intelligence laws and regulations, its impact on cybersecurity, to support regulatory advice to the business
6. Contribute to AI use case and legal guidance arising from AI regulatory requirements
7. Work cross-functionally to support Certification Team to drive worldwide cybersecurity regulatory requirements into business certifications
8. Create standard operating procedures that support functions owned by this role
9. Host sessions with stakeholders to build awareness of cybersecurity regulatory requirements and internal processes
10. 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
11. Develop, maintain, and enhance a global cybersecurity regulatory platform
12. Conduct legal research into a variety of topics and produce clear and concise guidance
13. Manage a varied workload and manage business expectations amid tight timelines
What You Will Bring
14. 7+ years’ experience as an in-house counsel or equivalent experience in a national law firm performing equivalent regulatory counsel work
15. 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
16. Develop and drive into the business the cybersecurity regulatory requirements defining the purchase and user decisions of customers operating in regulated industries
17. 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
18. Prioritize and manage regulatory requirements that impact the business and require reporting or licensing with specific cybersecurity regulatory authorities
19. Experience working in a global company across multiple jurisdictions and advising a varied set of business functions
20. An ability to work cross-functionally with business teams to support their objectives and key results
21. Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and manage a varied workload
22. Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
23. Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
24. Collaborative spirit, positive attitude, and high level of integrity
25. Fluency in English is mandatory, additional European languages are helpful
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