You will advise on developments across a broad spectrum of corporate and product-focused environmental sustainability-related areas as applied to Cisco, including sustainability reporting, disclosures and claims, due diligence, materials, e-waste, eco-design, circular economy, and evolving sector topics, among others.
Primary responsibilities:
- Stay current on regulations and provide world-class advice to Cisco legal and business colleagues.
- Aid the development and progress of Cisco’s strategy with respect to new laws and regulations, and Cisco’s environmental sustainability strategy and goals more generally.
- Support Cisco’s regional Government Affairs leads on work related to emerging regulatory trends and frameworks that impact Cisco’s business, and influence regulatory developments on priority issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Law degree (J.D. or LLM), with excellent academic credentials. You are a licensed attorney in good standing in one or more jurisdictions.
- 5+ years of relevant in-house and/or law firm experience. Prior in-house experience with a public company is preferred, but we will consider candidates with demonstrated experience working with technology companies on environmental sustainability regulatory matters.
- Knowledge of related sector topics, including RoHS, WEEE, REACH, eco-design and e-waste regulations as well as circular economy and sustainability initiatives.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Strong leadership skills and a demonstrated track record of motivating, empowering, stretching, supporting and engaging teams to achieve optimal business results, develop their skills and careers, and enjoy their work.
- Expertise in developing and integrating effective, efficient regulatory compliance strategies;
- Proven ability to conduct careful and thoughtful analysis with a bias toward action, translate regulatory criteria into clear requirements for functional and business teams and weigh and articulate the risk and reward of various scenarios.
- Knowledge of industry standards, activities and trends as well as prior engagements with leading standards and industry organizations and consortium.
- Ability to concisely communicate (in writing and verbally) complex regulatory and business issues both inside and outside the company.
- Experience in interacting with customers, suppliers, channel partners and/or other external stakeholders such as analysts, government and non-governmental organizations regarding regulations and compliance.
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize 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).