CORPORATE LEGAL COUNSEL - SERVICE PROVIDER, AMERICAS LEGAL TEAM

CONTACT ME DIRECTLY: brstultz@cisco.com

How would you like to set the legal strategy and support the business needs of a key Cisco customer on the Cisco legal team that supports Cisco’s U.S. Service Provider market? Can you see yourself negotiating strategic and complex deals in Cisco’s key priorities of video, collaboration, datacenter/cloud and architectures? Would you like to work in a dynamic in-house legal department that is using technology to transform both its own legal department and how law is practiced around the world?

Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking and our company is transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate. This position allows for collaboration with a world class group of sales executives, engineers and legal professionals in an environment that rewards innovation, challenges and expands your comfort zone and provides the support, technology and educational opportunities to succeed. Fortune Magazine has ranked Cisco as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S. for 14 years in a row.

Corporate Counsel, Service Provider Americas Legal Team:

We are looking for an experienced attorney who has excellent legal and business judgment, with proven track record of providing outstanding and timely legal support. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Cisco’s senior service provider business executives and their sales teams and drive strategic deals and initiatives with our one of our largest service provider customers. You will draft and negotiate complex legal agreements in Cisco’s key architectural priority areas (Video. Collaboration, Data Center/Virtualization) and work with cross-functional teams of lawyers, finance specialists, product managers and sales teams in order to solve legal and business challenges.

The position is based at Cisco offices in Herndon, Virginia or Atlanta, Georgia or Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

The role will report into the Director of the Service Provider Americas Legal Team.

Primary Responsibilities Include:
• Serving as the legal representative for a large Service Provider account. • Providing reliable and proactive legal advice to Cisco sales teams and executive management. • Drafting and negotiating a broad range of product, licensing, maintenance, and advanced services agreements. • Closely collaborating with key cross-functional stakeholders. • Provide leadership and bold thinking in resolving complex issues in the areas of intellectual property, licensing, competition law and risk allocation.

Background/Qualifications:
• Direct experience drafting and negotiating complex business transactions in a high-pressured environment. • Strong knowledge of commercial contracts and business, competition and IP law. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal issues to all levels of executive management. • Strong leadership skills and willingness to collaborate, share knowledge, respond quickly to urgent matters and execute proactively. • Knowledge of networking, cloud, telecom or software industries is a strong plus. • Law degree (or comparable professional/business qualifications) and minimum 5 years of relevant experience. • Admitted to practice, and in good standing, in at least one jurisdiction.
CONTACT ME DIRECTLY: brstultz@cisco.com