Cisco Product Legal team is looking for a Product Counsel to support the Splunk Business Unit, focusing on legal challenges related to Splunk's observability products and driving business forward.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in intellectual property, advanced software licensing frameworks, and evolving data protection laws, with experience advising on their application in complex technical environments.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Develop an understanding of Splunk’s observability products and the unique, relevant legal challenges specific to those products.
- 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.
- Assist in the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal playbooks.
- Perform other legal and business-related duties as needed to support the success of the Splunk business.
Other
- 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 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.
- 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.
