Executive Assistant, EVP & Chief Product Officer - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Executive Assistant, EVP & Chief Product Officer

Location: San Jose, California, US

Area of Interest: Administrative and Business Support

Compensation Range: 119000 USD - 149800 USD

Job Type: Professional

Job Id: 1430014

Application window is expected to close on 10/2/2024.

Preference for candidates local to the San Jose, CA office, able to be onsite 2-3 days a week and able to travel 50-70% of the time.

What You'll Do

Cisco is seeking an Executive Assistant Professional to partner with the Lead EA in providing support for the office of the Executive Vice President & Chief Product Officer.

Responsibilities include:

• Calendar Management: Management of EVP's calendar and daily schedule to include prioritizing conflicting meeting requests, supervising action items and commitments of executive and following-up to ensure completion.
• Event Speaking Engagement Coordination: Responsible for a running list of EVP's engagements and works closely with communications team to ensure content needs are understood.
• Meeting Planning and Organization: Assisting EVP in planning and organizing meetings by taking ownership for assembling the agenda, location, accommodating technology requirements based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics.
• Travel Briefing Preparation: Creating travel packs for international trips, combining all event information in addition to coordinated logistics of travel.
• Correspondence/Approvals: Supporting EVP by acting as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized.
• Travel and Expense Management: Responsible for making in-depth global travel arrangements for EVP and handling Cisco expenses.
• Travel required to accompany and support EVP at numerous events and engagements both domestic and international.
• Special Projects: Providing analytical support to assist executive on special projects, researching issues, analyzing problems, compiling data, and preparing reports.
• Confidentiality: Candidate will deal expertly with highly critical and confidential matters and materials.

Who You Are

You take initiative, can handle a full desk with ease and thrive in a lively environment. You have high-energy with a passion for thinking bigger and broader than the role itself. This position requires strong interpersonal skills, independent judgment, utmost integrity and ability to balance both strategic and tactical actions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience in administrative environment, with a minimum of 2 years supporting at the SVP level or above.
• Expert level knowledge of Windows desktop computer applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in calendar management, planning meetings and coordinating travel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to connect with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients.
• Ability to navigate web and email at high competency knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BA/BS or equivalent experience
• Past work experience in the high-tech industry

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco