Paralegal: Splunk Product Legal (Hybrid)

Cisco•Washington, DC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 legal 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 products and the unique, relevant legal challenges specific to those products Cultivate close working relationships with internal stakeholders, including sales, engineering, product management, business development, operations, finance, and other legals legal teams Keep up to date on, and provide support, our product compliance programs Support cross-portfolio user experience matters Partner with both supply chain and sales to help support complex commercial agreements with suppliers, partners, and customers (under appropriate supervision) Provide mentorship to product management and engineering teams on new and existing services, products, and features throughout the entire product lifecycle Provide mentorship on developer tools and ecosystems Be knowledgeable on issues related to privacy and data protection issues on a global basis Coordinate inbound legal support requests for the Product Legal Team Support collection and management of team KPIs Support Product Legal-related policies Assist in the continuous improvement of processes and knowledge management (including resource collateral, form agreements, team presentation standards, and playbooks) Be adept at making sound judgments quickly to facilitate agile business execution. Respond promptly and professionally to requests from internal clients. Handle legal requests from multiple internal clients, while prioritizing key matters Break down complex issues and communicate them clearly and effectively in plain English. 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.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house (the ideal candidate will have both law firm and in-house experience).
Legal experience in software and technology businesses.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and desire to make legal processes more efficient and optimized
Familiarity with intellectual property, security, global data privacy and protection, regulatory, and contract law matters.
Focused attention to detail and ability to work independently with self-motivation

Responsibilities

Develop an understanding of Splunk's products and the unique, relevant legal challenges specific to those products
Cultivate close working relationships with internal stakeholders, including sales, engineering, product management, business development, operations, finance, and other legals legal teams
Keep up to date on, and provide support, our product compliance programs
Support cross-portfolio user experience matters
Partner with both supply chain and sales to help support complex commercial agreements with suppliers, partners, and customers (under appropriate supervision)
Provide mentorship to product management and engineering teams on new and existing services, products, and features throughout the entire product lifecycle
Provide mentorship on developer tools and ecosystems
Be knowledgeable on issues related to privacy and data protection issues on a global basis
Coordinate inbound legal support requests for the Product Legal Team
Support collection and management of team KPIs
Support Product Legal-related policies
Assist in the continuous improvement of processes and knowledge management (including resource collateral, form agreements, team presentation standards, and playbooks)
Be adept at making sound judgments quickly to facilitate agile business execution.
Respond promptly and professionally to requests from internal clients.
Handle legal requests from multiple internal clients, while prioritizing key matters
Break down complex issues and communicate them clearly and effectively in plain English.
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.