Strategy & Planning Leader, Office of CPO - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Application window expected to close on November 1, 2024. 

Who We Are

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Leader to join our Strategy & Planning team for Cisco’s Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer. As an integral member of the team, you will play a crucial role in supporting the EVP's strategic customer and partner engagements by contributing to the overall success of our organization. In this high visibility role, you will have the opportunity to work with C-level executives, but also to collaborate across functions, such as Sales, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Strategy, etc.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate closely with field marketing, sales, and product teams to ensure operational rigor and excellence relating to executive engagements with both customers and partners.
• Maintain ongoing relationships with globally distributed cross-functional teams to track status, sentiment, outcomes, and efficacy of all executive touchpoints.
• Establish robust communication channels and feedback loops through positive relationships with key cross-functional partners.
• Help others quickly bridge connections with the people in other functions to ensure all customer engagements are designed with a complete point of view, taking into consideration Cisco’s entire product portfolio.
• Ensure consistency in communication and messaging to customers about our product offerings, strategy, and innovation.
• Build dashboards to measure and report out on key success metrics, using data to refine the sales process to improve efficiency and efficacy as it relates to pipeline building and revenue generation. Assist with generation and preparation of regular reports on progress and status for team and sponsors – report impact regularly to internal stakeholders.

Who You Are

• You have a strategic approach to business, are able to think holistically about sales and financial objectives, and are familiar with enterprise sales metrics and key performance indicators.
• You possess superior collaboration and communication skills along with experience working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• You can collaborate with senior leaders in a customer-facing role within a large, matrixed organization. You are self-motivated, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, and make data-driven decisions to continually improve programs.

This is a hybrid role and requires candidates to be located in the San Jose area. Travel is anticipated at 10-20%.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise sales enablement, field marketing, or a related field, with experience implementing successful sales enablement programs or sales tracking programs.
• 2+ years of experience using CRMs or similar productivity tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with SFDC
• Organized and have a strong attention to detail

Why Cisco Secure

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

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