Senior Counsel, Data Governance & Privacy Regulation
Cisco Systems, Inc
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Job summary
Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a strategic Legal Counsel for its Privacy and Data Regulatory Legal team. You will advise on data governance, AI governance, and privacy compliance, translating complex legal concepts for engineering and product teams.
The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, risk-based decision making, and support for evolving global privacy, data, AI, and digital regulations in a fast-paced tech environment.
Qualifications
- Deep expertise in privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, or technology transactions.
- Experience with global privacy and data laws including GDPR and CCPA/CPRA.
- Professional privacy certifications such as IAPP CIPP/US, AIG, CIPE are preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own interpretation and provide specialized data privacy advice on laws and AI governance.
- Advise on data governance frameworks, controls, and lifecycle governance.
- Counsel on data classification, inventories, stewardship, minimization, retention, and defensible deletion.
- Review and draft data processing and data sharing agreements, AI provisions, and privacy terms.
- Partner with product, engineering, security, and compliance to operationalize governance.
- Develop guidelines for legal risks in analytics, AI, agents, and machine learning.
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Job description
Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a strategic Legal Counsel for its Privacy and Data Regulatory Legal team. You will advise on data governance, AI governance, and privacy compliance, translating complex legal concepts for engineering and product teams.
The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, risk-based decision making, and support for evolving global privacy, data, AI, and digital regulations in a fast-paced tech environment.
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