Have you always wanted to be part of a global smart legal team continuously on
the edge of enabling technological innovation?

Cisco, the world's leading networking, communications, and security company,
is on a mission to empower an inclusive future for everyone. We're proud to be
consistently recognized as one of the best workplaces in the world by Fortune
and Great Place To Work, and we are looking for exceptional people to join our
legal team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cisco EMEA legal team. We are
looking for a committed, creative-thinking Corporate Counsel to join our team
supporting Cisco's business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Turkey and
North Africa and Levant (NAL).

What your responsibilities include:
* Act as a trusted legal advisor to the business related to our enterprise and public sector business in KSA, Turkey and NAL.
* Give accurate, timely advice to Cisco senior management and other functions on specific contractual provisions and general legal matters coming to your attention with an understanding of Cisco 's overall strategy.
* Draft, review, revise, and negotiate legal agreements covering the Cisco business (sales and licensing agreements, channel partner/pricing letters, RFP/RFIs, non-disclosure agreements, IP and DP agreements, services agreements, etc.) to enable customer success.
* Manage legal requests from multiple internal clients, with the ability to prioritize key transactions.
* Adept at quickly making sound legal judgments to facilitate nimble business execution.
* Summarize and communicate legal issues in plain-English.
* Respond promptly to requests from internal clients.
* Develop close working relationships with the sales, engineering, operations, finance, and legal teams bringing our products to market, as well as a deep understanding of our go-to-market strategies, business processes, and product offerings.
* Support, coordinate and secure sales contract negotiations with business-centric, flexible attitude and collaborative spirit.
* Consistently apply Cisco legal policies and best business practices to maintain the highest possible standards of corporate governance.
* Engage in legal initiatives and cross-functional projects.
* Pro-actively provide and support training.

Who You'll Work With

The EMEA Legal team is a dynamic, international, smart, and friendly team that
combines a collaborative environment with the diverse projects and innovative
technology of a global corporation. Cisco legal managers are open-minded and
experienced - they support independent, flexible work practices. The EMEA
Legal team promotes cultural differences and personal development based on
trust and high ethical standards.

The Cisco EMEA Legal team highly emphasizes collaboration and supports cross-
functional activities and interests allowing for both professional and
personal growth. Cisco also gives its employees the unique opportunity to
participate in Giving Back projects contributing to Cisco's well-respected
ethics of true sharing and caring. Your dedication matters!

The business clients trust the EMEA Legal team to act as agents for positive
change and to conduct business with transparency and integrity.

Who You Are

Your Minimum Qualifications:
* You are admitted as a lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction in EMEA.
* You have at least ‎3-‎5 years of commercial and corporate law experience obtained at a top law firm practice, or multinational corporate legal department.
* You have excellent written/drafting and verbal skills in English and Arabic; fluency in other European languages will be considered a plus.

Your Professional Experience:
* Excellent technology contract negotiation and drafting skills, with the ability to discuss complex issues in a clear and simple manner both in writing and orally.
* Deep knowledge of applicable law.
* Focused attention to detail and ability to work independently.
* Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and desire to make legal processes more efficient.
* Excellent business judgment, advocating for acceptable legal risk to enable business outcomes.
* Customer and client-centric approach, demonstrating respect and a positive attitude under all circumstances.
* Experience with providing legal advice across a multi-jurisdictional region in EMEA.
* Leadership skills, wanting to contribute to a team culture focused on shared success.
* Experience and familiarity with data privacy such as GDPR, and other privacy laws, as well as as-a-service offerings. CIPP/E certification is a plus.
* Knowledge of and experience with technology contract issues including intellectual property, software licensing, managed services, cloud, data protection, including negotiating GDPR agreements, and security.
* Experience handling competition and antitrust legal issues in the context of the operations of a multinational corporation.
* Experience in dealing and contracting with public/state-run entities.

Your general skills:
* Ability to provide support under pressure and finalize deals to tight deadlines.
* Be able to advise on dynamic situations requiring sound judgment.
* Be an enabler with a "can-do", dedicated, and flexible attitude.
* Be a communicative and collaborative team member focused on building and fostering strong relationships with business clients and global team members.
* Ability to convey ideas concisely and persuasively both verbally and in writing.
* Be able to identify and manage the flow of key information both up the management chain as well as across the client base.
* Ability to manage complex business transactions including meeting deadlines, ensuring compliance with Cisco process and policies.
* Have well-developed organizational abilities allowing for the calm, smooth and simultaneous management of multiple projects with complex and demanding deadlines.

The personal skills the EMEA Legal team holds high
* "Flexibility": Our lawyers are passionate about continuously learning and improving their understanding of the dynamic business requiring to successfully handle changes in and priorities, deadlines, and workload. They use this adaptability to evolve and develop pro-active knowledge to build credibility with their sales teams to provide "Client relevant" pertinent strategic business advice.
* "Creativity": Our lawyers problem-solve creatively while analysing the larger (possibly non-legal) context of any possible issue affecting the business.
* "Eagle eyes": Our lawyers analyse, draft, negotiate and communicate clearly and concisely. They are responsive and engaged.
* "Team spirit": Our lawyers work collaboratively within a global team fitting into various cultures of the world.
* "Drive": Our lawyers exhibit a willful and entrepreneurial attitude to push themselves and the company to be the best at what they do. They have the leadership skills to constantly encourage teams to engage pro-actively.
* "Ethics": Our lawyers value and apply high ethical standards in conducting a thoughtful analysis of complex legal and business issues and can articulate the risk and reward of various scenarios in a business-friendly manner.

Our Legal Department
We are a team of ‎450+ Legal and Compliance professionals in ‎25+ countries
committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment as we work
together to drive Cisco 's success. We serve as trusted advisors to the
business - problem solving, navigating complexities, and enabling
transformation along the way. We use technology to make life easier -
leveraging Cisco's innovative networking and collaboration tools to enable
flexible, hybrid work. And we embrace the responsibility to be a force for
good - donating our time and expertise through pro bono and community impact
initiatives.
The Company we are

WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work

as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive,
digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with
people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the
Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data travelling at light
speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what
we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health
service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges and
universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping
businesses of all shapes and size to connect with their employees and
customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they
need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G,
or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we
recognise our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support
one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And
giving back is in our DNA (we get ‎10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without
diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our ‎30
Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or
passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning,
listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable
with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with
technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka
dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology
and world changing?

Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

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