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Principal Corporate Counsel: Incubation & Enterprise AI

RTP, North Carolina, US💼 Full-time💰 $192,300–$192,300🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-09-30

Core

Principal legal counsel providing strategic support to Cisco's Incubation, Data & AI (IDA) teams and Enterprise AI Platforms, focusing on emerging technologies, partnerships, and AI ethics.

Role type

Principal Corporate Counsel (Incubation & Enterprise AI)

Builds

Innovative AI projects, partnerships, and enterprise AI platforms (e.g., CIRCUIT, MyAgent) for Cisco's Outshift incubation engine.

Domain

Technology Law, AI Governance, Intellectual Property, Data Privacy

Required skills

Product counseling, technology law, IP licensing, regulatory risk analysis, AI ethics, data governance, negotiation, complex drafting

Preferred skills

Open source legal issues, patent law, external AI governance certifications (AIGP, CIPP, CISSP), cross-functional global team experience

Technologies

AI tools for legal guidance, Cisco Enterprise AI Platforms

Responsibilities

Provide legal guidance on joint development and partnerships, ensure compliance by design, advise on regulatory risk and AI ethics, support ideation and prototyping of emerging technologies, enable internal deployment of innovations.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic mentorship

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