Corporate Counsel: Sales

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits to join a dynamic legal team supporting a major technology firm. In this role, you'll engage with diverse stakeholders, driving business success through effective legal strategies. Your ability to communicate complex issues clearly will be pivotal, as will your critical thinking skills in navigating contracts and regulations. This innovative company fosters a collaborative environment, emphasizing diversity and inclusion. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a vibrant and evolving industry, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant legal experience in software and cloud services.
• Strong contract negotiation and drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Americas Service Provider business with legal insights.
• Build relationships and trust with customers and internal teams.

Skills

Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Organizational Abilities

Relationship Management

Contract Negotiation

Legal Analysis

Adaptability

Education

JD Degree

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 5.12.2025

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

Meet The Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cisco legal team directly supporting the Americas Service Provider business. You'll work with Cisco Service Provider customers in the technology, media, and communications segment to enable customer success and meet Cisco goals; develop close working relationships with the sales, engineering, operations, finance, and legal teams, bringing our products to market, and gain a deep understanding of our go-to-market strategies, business processes, and product offerings.

Your Impact

We are looking for a fun, creative teammate, hungry to dive into a wide variety of hands-on work to help drive the business forward.

General expectations for this role:

1. Adaptability: You are highly motivated, determined, tech-savvy, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment, demonstrating the ability to handle frequent changes in priorities, deadlines, and workload.
2. Communication and Influence: You have strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal and business issues clearly and concisely (in writing and verbally) with senior staff both inside and outside the company.
3. Ability to Positively Disrupt: You are a change agent who can articulate issues with outdated methodologies, broken processes, or inefficient ways of doing things, and take ownership of implementing better, more innovative solutions.
4. Critical Thinking: You have a proven ability to analyze complex legal and business agreements, weighing and articulating risks and rewards in a business-friendly manner.
5. Organizational Abilities: You possess well-developed organizational and prioritization skills, managing multiple projects with demanding deadlines effectively.
6. Relationship Management and Customer Centricity: You excel at building relationships, credibility, and trust with customers, clients, support teams, suppliers, and partners, maintaining a pragmatic focus on customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• JD degree and Bar admission in any jurisdiction with good standing, with 5+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house.
• Legal experience in software and cloud services industries.
• Knowledge of commercial, contract, and business law, including intellectual property and data protection law.
• Strong contract negotiation and drafting skills, capable of discussing issues clearly both in writing and orally, covering licensing, warranties, indemnities, and limitations of liability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations, as well as familiarity with as-a-service offerings.
• Understanding of revenue recognition and financial principles relevant to US publicly traded companies.
• CIPP/E certification is a plus.

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