Senior Global Cybersecurity Counsel

Synopsys, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled cybersecurity attorney to advise on incident response, regulatory obligations, breach-notification analysis, and contractual commitments at a global scale.

You will translate complex security and legal requirements into practical contract language, collaborating with Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Engineering teams to support business decisions. This role demands sound judgment, crisp written and verbal communication, and the ability to

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• Eight to ten years of legal experience, with cybersecurity matters comprising a substantial part of the practice.
• Significant experience advising on cybersecurity incident response, forensic investigations, breach-notification analysis, customer notifications, and regulatory reporting.
• Experience interpreting and applying U.S. and international cybersecurity, data-protection, and incident-response requirements.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating cybersecurity, information security, privacy, and data-protection provisions in customer and vendor agreements.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, information security practices, cloud environments, data governance, and commonly used security frameworks and standards.
• Ability to independently manage complex, time-sensitive legal matters involving multiple technical, legal, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain complex legal and technical issues clearly to legal and non-legal audiences.
• Experience advising a global technology company, whether in-house or in private practice, is strongly preferred.
• Experience with semiconductor, software, SaaS, cloud, AI, or other technology businesses is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary legal advisor during actual or suspected cybersecurity incidents, including coordinating with Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Communications, HR, and business teams.
• Assess legal, regulatory, contractual, and business obligations arising from cybersecurity incidents, including notification obligations to customers, regulators, business partners, senior management, and the Board, as appropriate.
• Advise on the investigation and forensic-response process, including preservation of privilege, engagement of external counsel and forensic vendors, documentation of key decisions, and post-incident remediation.
• Provide legal guidance on U.S. and international cybersecurity laws, breach-notification requirements, regulatory inquiries, and related compliance obligations affecting the company’s systems, data, products, customers, partners, and vendors.
• Draft, review, and negotiate cybersecurity, information security, privacy, and data-protection provisions in customer, partner, and vendor agreements.
• Negotiate provisions involving security controls, encryption, data handling, incident reporting and response times, audit rights, security standards, vulnerability management, allocation of responsibilities, and third-party risk.
• Partner with technical and compliance subject-matter experts to convert the company’s security capabilities and risk positions into clear contract language and practical negotiation strategies.
• Support cybersecurity governance and compliance initiatives.
• Provide practical, day-to-day counseling regarding cybersecurity, data protection and governance, enterprise IT operations, and related technology risks.
• Collaborate across Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Engineering, Product Management, Commercial, Procurement, and other functions to enable business progress while managing risk thoughtfully.

Skills

Cybersecurity law

Regulatory compliance

Incident response

Contract negotiation

Written communication

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled cybersecurity attorney to advise on incident response, regulatory obligations, breach-notification analysis, and contractual commitments at a global scale.

You will translate complex security and legal requirements into practical contract language, collaborating with Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Engineering teams to support business decisions. This role demands sound judgment, crisp written and verbal communication, and the ability to