Senior Counsel, Data Privacy & Governance

Cisco Systems, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. Privacy and Data Regulatory Legal team collaborates with product, engineering, security, public policy, and business leaders to shape global privacy and data governance compliance strategy.

We provide practical, risk-based guidance to enable innovation while ensuring compliance with evolving privacy, data, AI, and digital regulations across Cisco’s technologies and data-driven initiatives.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor and active bar membership.
• 8+ years of legal experience.
• Deep expertise in privacy, cybersecurity, data governance, or technology transactions.
• Experience with global privacy and data laws, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and AI regulations.
• Experience leading cross-functional, enterprise-wide governance programs in a multinational technology company.
• Familiarity with data and AI governance and responsible data use programs.
• Professional Certification in Privacy, AI such as IAPP CIPP/US, AIG, CIPE.

Responsibilities

• Own the interpretation and provide specialized, actionable data advice on domestic and international laws and regulations concerning privacy, data protection, and AI governance.
• Advise on enterprise data governance frameworks, standards, and controls. Provide leadership and guidance on data classification, data lineage and information lifecycle governance.
• Counsel stakeholders on: Data classification, Data inventories, Data stewardship, Data minimization, Records retention, Defensible deletion, Data access governance
• Establish legal standards for data sourcing, data use, data sharing, data aggregation, deidentification, anonymization, and synthetic data initiatives.
• Define governance requirements for critical data stewardship, and accountability structures across the company.
• Review and draft: Data Processing Agreements, Data Sharing Agreements, AI-related contractual provisions, Privacy and security terms
• Partner with product, engineering, security, and compliance teams to operationalize governance requirements.
• Develop guidelines and criteria for assessing legal risks associated with new uses of data in connection with analytics, AI, agents, and machine learning.
• Advise leadership on data-related risk, opportunity, and strategic data utilization initiatives.
• Develop data policies, training, and governance guidance.
• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, and litigation readiness.
• Work with Government Affairs to influence data legislation, standards, and frameworks.

Skills

Privacy governance

Data governance

Education

Juris Doctor

Active bar membership

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. Privacy and Data Regulatory Legal team collaborates with product, engineering, security, public policy, and business leaders to shape global privacy and data governance compliance strategy.

We provide practical, risk-based guidance to enable innovation while ensuring compliance with evolving privacy, data, AI, and digital regulations across Cisco’s technologies and data-driven initiatives.