Director, Associate General Counsel: Product Legal

About the role

We are seeking a strategic, and technology-focused attorney to serve as Senior Director, Associate General Counsel for Security, Observability and Data Platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and inspire the legal teams supporting the combined Splunk and Security business units, establishing clear priorities and delivering coordinated, high-quality legal support across the organization.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior business leaders on product development, technology strategy, go-to-market models, regulatory requirements, intellectual property, commercial matters, and other significant legal and business risks.
• Guide legal support for Security, Observability and Data Platform products and services throughout their life cycles, including composition and development, product readiness, launch, commercialization, integration, and compliance.
• Develop scalable legal strategies and operating models that enable innovation and growth while effectively handling risk across sophisticated security and observability software, cloud, data, AI, and platform offerings.
• Collaborate proactively across Product Legal and with Legal subject-matter experts and cross-functional partners, including product management, engineering, sales, marketing, finance, operations, privacy, security, regulatory, competition, intellectual property, and corporate development teams.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree and active bar membership in good standing in at least one jurisdiction.
• 15+ years of relevant legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department, including substantial experience advising enterprise technology, software, cloud services, cybersecurity, or observability businesses.
• 7+ years of experience leading attorneys and other legal professionals, including responsibility for team development, performance management, prioritization, and delivery of legal services across a sophisticated organization.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior executives on sophisticated product development and go-to-market matters involving intellectual property, licensing, data, privacy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, regulatory requirements, and technology transactions.
• Experience leading legal support for global product portfolios or business units, including the ability to assess sophisticated legal and business risks and provide practical, business-focused mentorship.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of enterprise security, cybersecurity, observability, data analytics, cloud, SaaS, or platform technologies and their associated business models and regulatory environments.
• Experience serving as the principal legal advisor to senior executives and participating in business leadership teams within a large, global technology company.
• Consistent track record to lead through transformation, business integration, and evolving product and go-to-market strategies.
• Strong people leadership skills, with a record of building inclusive, high-performing teams and developing legal professionals.
• Outstanding judgment, executive presence, collaboration, intellectual curiosity, humility, and a solutions-oriented approach to sophisticated challenges.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of legal and business regulations related to technology and cybersecurity.
• Experience with managing legal teams and overseeing legal projects.

Benefits

The starting salary range posted for this position is $288,300.00 to $378,500.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan.

For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.