Would you like to work in a dynamic in-house legal department that is using technology to transform both its own legal department and how law is practiced around the world? Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, and our legal department has embraced the productivity improvements and innovations that networked business architectures provide. Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating in a flexible, dynamic environment. We partner with a world class group of sales executives and engineers with a focus on disruptive, creative solutions to meet our customers' needs.
Who You'll Work With
This Corporate Counsel position will provide legal support for Cisco Canada, with primary responsibility for advising the Quebec Sales Team, including being the primary Legal Support for the Quebec Sales Leader. The engagement and support would cover all aspects of the business, reporting to a Sr. Director in the Service Provider Legal team.
This role will partner and support the Toronto based legal team, help drive Quebec-specific or Canada wide projects that benefit our customers, clients and legal team throughout the world.
Who You Are
- The successful candidate will continue to foster the close, supportive and collaborative working model with all other members of the legal team in Canada and Cisco Canada business in Quebec.
- Responsible for managing policies and ensuring consistency with corporate strategy and business objectives, while maintaining the company's high standards of integrity and ethical and transparent conduct
- Primary responsibility for structuring, negotiating and drafting customer facing transactions of major impact with large enterprise customers and partners, as well as public sector customers, with flexibility to engage with other customer groups as needed
- Work closely and seamlessly with other in-country legal staff on commercial transactions, service provider transactions and channel relationships
- Advise on a broad range of legal disciplines, including compliance/regulatory matters, Intellectual Property, Competition, Privacy, Marketing, commercial contracts, and basic revenue recognition principles
- Advise and own certain aspects of CASL & Francisation compliance.
The Minimum Qualifications we are looking for:
- Canadian law degree from a well-respected institution
- Current Canadian qualification to practice law
- Minimum of 2-3 years' experience as a trusted advisor and negotiator of complex business transactions in a high-tech sales environment
- Based in Montreal & fully Bilinqual (English/French)
Our Desired Skills are:
- In-depth knowledge of commercial contracts and business law
- Ability to negotiate and draft highly complex agreements in a high-pressured environment
- "Can Do" attitude, and the drive, resourcefulness and ability to enable the business and get deals done, balancing priorities and risks with business benefit
- Articulate and collaborative with outstanding communication, negotiation, people and organizational skills
Why Cisco
We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren't afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.
We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.
We Are Cisco.
Job Id: 1218935
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Cisco Systems Canada Inc.
181 Bay St. Suite 3400 Bay Wellington Tower
Toronto
Ontario Canada
www.cisco.com
