Principal Corporate Counsel at ExtraHop

We are ExtraHop. We're on a mission to provide security teams with the intelligence they need to confront and stop advanced threats like supply chain attacks, zero day exploits, and ransomware attacks. Cyber attackers still have the advantage. We’re taking it back with creativity, intellectual curiosity, and a sense of humor. Are you ready to help us reclaim the upper hand?

ExtraHop Networks is looking for a highly-qualified Principal Corporate Counsel to help meet the needs of a fast-paced and rapidly growing enterprise cyber analytics company.  ExtraHop’s technology monitors our customers’ applications, networks, and other information technology to optimize performance and protect from cyber-attacks, with offerings in the cloud, on hardware and software on-premises, and with hybrid software-as-a-service deployments backed by advanced machine learning.  

The successful candidate will join our business-savvy legal team and be responsible for supporting commercial transactions for our worldwide direct and channel sales, professional services, and customer success teams.  In addition to negotiating large enterprise sales contracts with Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 businesses, this role will involve developing playbooks, policies, and training to scale our business and further improve transactional velocity while protecting the company’s interests and value. This role will assist the Chief Legal Officer in advising the business on compliance and regulatory issues and assist in enabling all business on an international scale.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, including agreements relating to hardware sales and subscription, technology licensing, marketing, professional services, and direct and indirect distribution.
• Provide project management, implementation, and training in key areas.
• Collaborate with the company’s sales, channel, and customer success teams to understand and ensure consistency of agreement terms with the company’s business, financial, and risk management objectives.
• Respond promptly to requests for legal advice from internal clients, summarizing and communicating legal concepts that business people can use.
• Advise management and other internal clients regarding legal and business issues, including identifying, managing, and communicating risks and opportunities associated with specific agreements and business objectives and initiatives.
• Contribute to ongoing process improvement and problem-solving by the legal department.
• Consistently anticipate, provide timely evaluation and guidance of, and propose mitigation strategies for potential risks in contractual, regulatory, compliance, financial and legal areas.
• Handle other various legal and ad hoc projects as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of relevant legal experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, with strong attention to detail.  In-house experience preferred; compliance experience a plus. 
• Ability to understand complex contractual issues, assess risk, and provide concise business-focused legal advice. 
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage several simultaneous projects with tight deadlines.
• Ability to lead projects with minimal supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, business judgment, strategic thinking, and superior work ethic.
• Highest integrity and ethical standards.
• Strong academic credentials and membership in one state bar are required.
• Experience negotiating data privacy and data security agreements, or government contracting a plus.
• Ability to work in team settings; common sense and a good sense of humor required. 

ABOUT EXTRAHOP 

Cyberattackers have the advantage. ExtraHop is on a mission to help you take it back with security that can’t be undermined, outsmarted, or compromised. Our dynamic cyber defense platform, Reveal(x) 360, helps organizations detect and respond to advanced threats––before they compromise business operations. We apply cloud-scale AI to petabytes of traffic per day, performing line-rate decryption and behavioral analysis across all infrastructure, workloads, and data-in-flight. With complete visibility from ExtraHop, enterprises can detect malicious behavior, hunt advanced threats, and forensically investigate any incident with confidence.

ExtraHop is recognized by leading organizations for both its innovation in the market and its commitment to building a world-class team. In 2020, we’ve already been named a “Best Place to Work” by Inc., Computerworld, BuiltIn Seattle and Seattle Business Magazine, and we’ve been named to Wealthfront’s Career-Launching Companies list for the last four years. Forbes named ExtraHop to its 2020 AI 50 List, as well as the list of “20 Best Cybersecurity Startups to Watch.” In 2019 and 2020, JMP Securities put ExtraHop on its Elite 80 List as one of the most strategically positioned private companies in the cybersecurity industry. SC Media has named ExtraHop an Industry Innovator for enterprise network detection and response for the past two years.

We offer compelling benefits* to our employees, including:

• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays + Paid Volunteer Time 
• FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP where applicable
• Educational Reimbursement 
• 401k with employer match or Pension where applicable
• Pet Insurance (US only)
• Generous Parental Leave

*Benefits outside of the US vary by region.

We are intentional about our culture, diversity, and inclusion, and we welcome everyone to come ready to participate in contributing to this truly unique environment. At ExtraHop, we believe that the best products, services, and companies are built by strong teams that include a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences. We are committed to supporting and enabling growth and opportunity for every employee at every level. This is the foundation of our success. 

We are equally committed to equal employment opportunity, and it is foundational to how we recruit and hire our talented team. Employment is determined based upon capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including potential pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability , HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

Our people are our most important competitive advantage, leading the charge against nation-states, cyber criminals, and insider threats.

Ready to join us?