Senior Corporate Counsel: AI Deals
Cisco is hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel: AI Deals in London, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.
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- On Level's scale, this role is Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include AI Legal Tools, Analytics Tools and contract negotiation.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 1,500+ other open roles at Cisco.
- The role was posted within the past week.
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Senior corporate counsel role managing AI procurement, SaaS, and strategic data transactions while leveraging legal AI tools for contract workflows.
Preferred Location: London
Travel: 10%
Meet the Team
As Cisco leads in AI innovation—both within our product portfolio and across internal operations—the volume and complexity of AI-related procurement and strategic transactions have grown significantly. Our team is tasked with managing high-stakes deal negotiations, coordinating with leadership, and ensuring consistent protection of Cisco’s IP and data in an AI environment. We are seeking a seasoned counsel to join our team, provide deep institutional knowledge, and drive our FY27 AI acceleration goals by helping us drive and close Cisco’s high impact deals.
Your Impact
- Operational Excellence: You will manage a rapid pipeline of deal inquiries, accelerating business momentum while maintaining high-quality risk mitigation.
- Contracting: Draft and negotiate complex AI procurement, SaaS, and data licensing agreements, and assist business leaders at all levels in navigating and negotiating complex AI deals.
- Oversight: Lead negotiation process and quality control for contract lifecycle assisted by AI tools.
- Thought Leadership: Stay current on benchmarking, contracting trends, and AI/Data regulations that affect our contracting positions and translate these into internal playbooks and guidelines.
- Collaboration: Drive cross-functional initiatives related to contracts and data and AI strategy.
- Strategic Guidance: You will translate complex regulatory and legal risks into practical advice for internal clients to help them understand our contractual terms, and the risks and mitigations associated with deviations.
- Innovation Champion: You will leverage AI-powered analytics and legal tools to automate routine tasks, allowing you to focus on high-value legal strategy and complex negotiations.
- Trusted Advisor: You will build strong relationships across the business, guiding on legal and contractual issues that may arise in executing product roadmaps and Go-to-Market strategies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Admission: Must have been admitted to at least UK or U.S. state Bar.
- Experience:10+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably in technology transactions, software/SaaS, or AI/data-related matters.
- Skills: Exceptional drafting, negotiation, and communication skills. High level of analytical and business judgment.
Preferred Qualifications:
1-2 years of experience with AI/ML legal issues
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.
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.
How we rate this
Senior Corporate Counsel: AI Deals at Cisco rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where technology transactions was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where regulatory compliance was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where intellectual property was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used AI Legal Tools in your day-to-day work.
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