Senior Corporate Counsel

Who We Are:
We envision a world where every cyber asset is seen, secure, and compliant. 
Forescout Technologies, Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, continuously identifies, protects, and helps ensure the compliance of all managed and unmanaged cyber assets – IT, IoT, IoMT, and OT. For more than 20 years, Fortune 100 organizations and government agencies have trusted Forescout to provide vendor-agnostic, automated cybersecurity at scale. 

 

What You Will Do: 
Forescout has an excellent opportunity for an engaging and employee-focused Sr. Corporate Counsel to join our high-energy, multi-cultural, world-changing team.  In this role, you will partner with our engineering, product and marketing teams through the entire product lifecycle to provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice to allow the teams to confidently navigate legal and regulatory obligations, while enabling business growth.  In this role, your responsibilities may include: 

•    Subject matter expertise in product counseling, global data protection, intellectual property, and technology transactions with the ability and willingness to ‘flex’ to learn new areas of the law as needed. 
•    Partnering with product and engineering teams on all aspects of the product life cycle, leading cross functional collaboration to ensure alignment on product development and risk management.
•    Advising on data governance strategies, including privacy-by-design, data use and responsible AI principles. 
•    Drafting and updating template agreements and serving as the escalation point for data privacy and IP provisions in both inbound and outbound commercial agreements, directly negotiating with customers and vendors.  
•    Anticipating and proactively solving contractual and privacy-related challenges for the business related to new product offerings. 
•    Supporting the development, commercialization and licensing of technology and IP assets, including issues related to open-source software, and providing support for IP portfolio management as needed. 

 

 What You Bring to Forescout:
We encourage you to apply if you meet most but not all the requirements listed below.  We value competency, aptitude, effort, and a great attitude as a supplement to experience.   
•    BA/BS degree and JD required 
•    8+ years of relevant legal experience at a top law firm and/or in-house (a combination of both is preferred), with significant experience in product counseling, data privacy and intellectual property and direct experience advising product managers, developers and engineers. 
•    Technical background, including a degree in engineering and/or comparable experience; direct experience in cybersecurity is a plus. 
•    Self-starter, with a proven ability to identify issues, resolve problems, and take ownership to drive projects to completion with limited supervision. 
•    Exceptional attitude, strong work ethic and the ability to work well in a team environment. 
•    Ability and drive to get things done.
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
•    Sense of humor and commitment to professionalism. 

 

  What Forescout Offers You: 
•    Competitive compensation and benefits–we cover 80% of employee and dependents’ health care premiums, 100% company paid employee life and disability insurance premiums, 401K match, generous FTO policy (U.S. only), option to purchase voluntary life, accident and critical illness insurance, employee assistance program, maternity and parental bonding leave with supplemental pay and much more 
•    Collaborative and innovative environment –make an impact on worldwide security while working on the hottest technology 
•    Leadership that supports and encourages professional growth and development 
•    Want a glimpse of Life @ Forescout? Check us out on Facebook and Instagram 
•    Learn more @ www.forescout.com 
  
Our Mission - Continuously identify, protect, and ensure the compliance of all cyber assets across the modern organization. 
Our Values  
•    One Team – We all work together, and we all win together.   
•    Cyber Obsessed – We are curious about technology, and we are innovative and passionate about solving big programs.   
•    Customer Driven – We listen, we learn, and we make it right.   
•    Relentless – We're smart, determined, and find a way. We figure stuff out.   
•    Collaborative, without Ego – No one succeeds alone. We strive to be the humble person that people want to work with.  

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us.    
If this opportunity intrigues you, we would love for you to apply!
 
NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:
We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Forescout does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Forescout employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Employment Placement Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired because of the referral or through other means.

 

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