Senior Manager, Strategy & Planning 1406854

Company: Cisco
Location: San Jose
Posted on: September 12, 2023

Job Description:

What You'll Do:

We are seeking a best-in-class professional to join the Transformation Execution team within the new Cisco Transformation Center. This high-visibility team will work directly with senior executives to drive growth across Cisco by implementing top-priority transformation initiatives. Your diverse experience will enable you to shape our strategy, drive and impact change, lead problem-solving, and deliver high-quality output.

Role & Responsibilities include:

• Help strategize and implement an overhaul of the company planning and prioritization process
• Lead the deployment of one or more cross functional projects that will help Cisco win in a highly-competitive marketplace
• Lead transformation execution work as needed. This is a fast paced team with evolving priorities and flexibility is a must
• Drive cross-organizational collaboration, alignment, and consensus; forge positive relationships; lead a matrixed team to win together
• Establish operational rigor to ensure execution and impact; measure and be accountable to quantifiable outcomes
• Build (and coach cross-functional teams to create) compelling storylines and business cases for decisions by senior executives (including SVP/EVP)
• Embody the core values of Cisco: Passion, Integrity, Trust, Leadership, and Execution. We work hard and have fun doing it. We take pride in our work and know our collective success is dependent upon partnership, both internally and externally.
  
  Who You'll Work With:
  
  
  • Reports into the Transformation Execution team within the Cisco Transformation Center (CTC)
  • CTC is one of the most visible teams at Cisco. You will have the opportunity to work with senior leaders across the business
    
    Who You Are
    
    Energized by learning new things, solving business challenges, and connecting the dots to discover new opportunities to build impactful business plans. Develop & translate strategy into an operational plan and drive execution. You're a leader who gets things done and is comfortable working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
    
    • 4+ years in project or program management, strategy, planning, or another business function is preferred. Consulting firm experience at the level of Engagement Manager / Project Leader is a plus but not required.
    • Bachelors degree; an MBA is a plus
    • Excellent project/program management skills; capable of taking a concept, building a plan, aligning team members, and managing daily tasks to deliver successful outcomes
    • Strong in framing & structuring business problems, prioritizing efforts, conducting complex quantitative and qualitative analysis, and building an executive-level story complete with recommendations
    • Outstanding communications & influencing skills; experience collaborating with partners at all levels in a matrixed organization, producing executive-level content, leading meetings with senior collaborators
    • Able to put forward insightful recommendations; comfortable being empowered to make decisions; willing to push senior leaders constructively to drive necessary outcomes
    • Curious and flexible, you enjoy variety and are willing to tackle different roles/responsibilities as business needs evolve
    • A standout colleague, you love a challenge, you've always got your teammate's back, and you're inspired working with others to achieve success
      Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
      Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
      
      We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
      
      Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S.:
      
      When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
      
      U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
      
      Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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