Senior Corporate Counsel: Supply Chain

Cisco Systems; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to join its Global Sourcing and Supply Chain legal team, where you will lead legal support for critical technology agreements and collaborate closely with senior leadership. The role requires extensive experience in negotiating contracts across technology sectors, with a focus on driving improvements in legal processes and advising on business impact. Join Cisco to make a significant contribution in a dynamic, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years in relevant legal experience.
• Expertise in negotiating technology agreements preferred.
• Knowledge of semiconductor industry beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate contracts for strategic relationships.
• Advise on legal risks and business strategies.
• Support vendor relationships in the supply chain.

Skills

Legal advice

Contract negotiation

Risk assessment

Intellectual property

Commercial transactions

Education

JD state bar admission

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 6/11/2025

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

Meet The Team:

Cisco Legal is searching for a Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Global Sourcing and Supply Chain legal team! We are essential partners to our Supply Chain Organization which oversees the development of key technologies, the acquisition of advanced components, and the management of over 400 vendors, manufacturers, and services providers. Cisco’s supply chain network spans the globe and is responsible for approximately $7.5 billion in annual spend.

You will be the lead counsel supporting Cisco’s supply chain ecosystem for its growing ASIC, optical transceiver, silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, coherent, and client optics businesses. Responsibilities also include supporting our foundry, substrate, and packaging vendor relationships.

Your Impact:

As a legal leader and business partner, you will work closely with senior leadership across Cisco’s businesses and operations providing timely legal and business advice on critical projects and matters related to the production of Cisco’s products and the execution of Cisco services. You will also work closely with Cisco’s expansive legal team coordinating with them to address legal and regulatory matters and translating them into actionable plans and strategies. This environment involves cross-functional partnership, knowledge sharing, and support but is also a place with autonomy, individuality, and initiative.

You Will Have Experience With The Following:

• Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts for strategic in-bound relationships, including, but not limited to, advanced technology services (such as foundry and OSAT services), technology licenses, purchase and supply agreements, development agreements (including joint-development agreements), evaluation transactions, and OEM/ODM agreements
• Advising business clients on legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to commercial transactions, engineering, product development, and business operations
• Driving constant improvement to existing legal documents, legal and business processes, and legal support models
• Being adept at making sound legal decisions quickly in order to facilitate business execution while minimizing risk
• Working on a broad range of subject areas including intellectual property, competition, privacy, marketing, licensing, and regulatory issues
• Providing advise and mentorship to members of the team on sophisticated negotiations

Minimum Qualifications:

• JD state bar admission in good standing with 10+ years of relevant experience structuring, drafting and negotiating sophisticated in-bound and out-bound commercial and technology agreements; ideally a combination of large law firm and in-house experience is preferred
• Expertise negotiating contracts involving component acquisitions, development and joint-development projects, and other high-technology transactions involving hardware devices, systems, and related services
• Knowledge of the semiconductor industry and its ecosystem including development, manufacturing, and integration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting the business in the creation of new products and solutions
• Strong leadership skills, including decisiveness on both legal and business issues
• Eagerness to learn about the semiconductor and optical/optics industries, as well as Cisco’s networking and related businesses

#WeAreCisco

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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