Principal Corporate Counsel: Product

The application window is expected to close on: 9/3/2025

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

This is a full-time employee position within Cisco.

Meet the Team

Join a passionate and dynamic team dedicated to driving innovation and excellence within the Splunk Business Unit. We are united by a shared vision to empower organizations by making machine data accessible, actionable, and invaluable. Our team thrives on collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to delivering exceptional experiences for our customers. At Cisco, we celebrate our work, support each other’s growth, and embrace a culture of fun and success. Be part of a journey where your contributions truly make an impact!

Your Impact

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cisco Product Legal team directly supporting the Splunk Business Unit. We are seeking a great teammate, excited to join a highly collaborative and collegial product counsel team, and eager to dive into a wide variety of work to help drive the business forward. We’re looking for a curious, motivated self-starter who can:

• Develop an understanding of Splunk’s observability products and the unique, relevant legal challenges specific to those products.
• Cultivate close working relationships with the sales, engineering, product management, business development, operations, finance, and legal teams bringing our products to market.
• Partner closely with legal teams supporting both supply chain and sales to negotiate complex commercial agreements with suppliers, partners, and customers.
• Provide tactical guidance to product management and engineering teams on new and existing services, products, and features throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Provide expertise on privacy and data protection issues on a global basis.
• Be adept at making sound legal judgments quickly to facilitate agile business execution.
• Manage legal requests from multiple internal clients, while prioritizing key transactions.
• Respond promptly and professionally to requests from internal clients.
• Break down complex legal and product issues and communicate them clearly and effectively in plain English.
• Assist in the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal playbooks.
• Be a great teammate, willing to pitch in and assist wherever needed.
• Perform other legal and business-related duties as needed to support the success of the Splunk business.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bar membership in a U.S. jurisdiction, with good standing and at least 7 years of legal experience.
• Experience (minimum of 3 years) in in-house legal roles, with a demonstrated track record of advising senior leadership in product and engineering.
• Extensive experience advising on product development, engineering innovation, and go-to-market strategies, including practical, business oriented legal guidance throughout the product lifecycle.
• Strong expertise in intellectual property, advanced software licensing frameworks, and evolving data protection laws, with experience advising on their application in complex technical environments.
• Strong leadership abilities, with a proven capability to drive cross-functional collaboration, mentor team members, and contribute to fostering a high-performing and inclusive team culture.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated mastery in technology transactions, including drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial agreements such as SaaS contracts, enterprise licensing deals, and global data processing agreements.
• Advanced knowledge of and practical expertise with global privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) and their implications for technology businesses, including experience developing compliance strategies for emerging technologies.
• Proven track record of delivering results in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment, with the ability to simultaneously lead multiple high-priority projects to successful completion.
  
  

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