Principal Corporate Counsel: AI & IP Strategy
Core
Lead Cisco's IP strategy for AI-era innovation, managing copyright, trade secrets, and patent frameworks for AI-generated works and vendor contracts.
Role type
Principal Corporate Counsel (AI & IP Strategy)
Builds
Institutional IP frameworks and governance policies for Cisco's AI and cloud infrastructure products.
Domain
Technology Law / Intellectual Property / Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
JD and active bar membership, 10+ years IP legal experience, 5+ years technology-based IP (copyright/trade secrets), AI & IP proficiency, executive communication, legal intelligence translation
Preferred skills
Copyright licensing for software/AI at scale, international IP exposure (EU AI Act), trade secret litigation leadership, executive mentorship on unsettled doctrine
Technologies
USPTO systems, Copyright Office reports, Federal Circuit decisions, EU AI Act frameworks
Responsibilities
Lead IP aspects of AI legal & governance strategies, evolve and run Cisco's copyright program in the AI era, evolve and run Cisco's trade secret program as an enterprise function, advise patent team on AI-specific strategies, audit and run AI vendor IP exposure, serve as IP team's legal intelligence function on AI
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship