Principal Corporate Counsel: Product Legal

The application window is expected to close on: 5.27.2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

We will consider any internal applicants in any location.

Join a dynamic Cisco Product Legal team, directly supporting the Cisco Security Business Group (SBG). SBG delivers a diverse range of security solutions designed to safeguard customers' networks, cloud environments, users, and endpoints through the Cisco Security Cloud platform. Our team of six passionate product counsels serves as subject matter experts for a broad portfolio of innovative solutions.

We are looking for a dedicated, collaborative, and enthusiastic teammate excited to support a fast-paced, innovative business unit critical to Cisco's future. If you are a curious, motivated self-starter with excellent organizational skills, dependability, and responsiveness, we want to hear from you!

This is an incredible opportunity to join a high-performing team, contribute to meaningful and impactful work, and grow your expertise in a ground breaking legal and technology environment. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge, we encourage you to apply!

As a key member of the Product Legal team supporting one of Cisco's most visible and strategic business units, you will play a pivotal role in enabling innovation and driving business success. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, research, business development, operations, finance, and legal subject matter experts (e.g., regulatory and intellectual property teams). Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Managing legal requests from multiple internal clients, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and business impact.
• Collaborating with product managers and engineers to provide legal support throughout the product lifecycle, from ideation to end-of-life.
• Drafting and maintaining product legal collateral, such as transparency disclosures and product-specific terms.
• Supporting sales and sales legal teams by addressing product-specific requirements in deals.
• Advising on data privacy, responsible AI, regulatory, and intellectual property matters in collaboration with legal subject matter experts.
• Help define strategy and key terms for agreements, including strategic partnerships, alliances, joint marketing, and design partner arrangements.
• Providing fast, sound legal judgments to enable agile business decision-making.
• Communicating complex legal issues clearly and succinctly, both orally and in writing.
• Contributing to a collegial team environment by assisting with projects outside your primary scope when needed.

• Bar admission with 7+ years of experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal role, preferably in a transactional and/or product counseling role.
• Proven experience working with software and/or cloud products and licensing matters.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Exceptional writing and oral communication skills with the ability to distill complex legal issues into concise, actionable advice.

• Excellent business judgment, with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
• Customer-centric mentality with a strong sense of ownership for timely delivery of legal solutions.
• Detail oriented and self-sufficient, yet comfortable seeking assistance when needed.
• Strong organizational skills to handle competing priorities effectively.
• Familiarity with data privacy and cybersecurity laws, CIPP/E is a plus.

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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