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Meet the Team

At Cisco, the talent journey is more than a process-it is a critical part of how we connect great people to meaningful opportunity. Within Join & Connect, the Strategy & Operations team helps make that journey work at scale. This team brings together operational strategy, process design, technology, and continuous improvement to create experiences that are more intuitive for recruiters and more seamless for candidates and new hires. The work is highly collaborative and deeply connected to the business, with opportunities to influence how tools, workflows, and operating models evolve over time. For someone energized by building smarter systems and helping teams work in more connected, effective ways, this is a chance to shape the future of Talent Acquisition inside one of the world's most innovative companies.

Your Impact

As the Orchestration Lead, you will design, configure, and own complex, high-impact workflow and compliance automations that support Cisco's evolving talent ecosystem. This role will play a critical part in ensuring new platform capabilities are translated into practical, scalable solutions that improve how recruiters and partners work every day. You will stay closely connected to business priorities, using a strong understanding of operations, workflow design, and system capabilities to create automations that drive efficiency while supporting governance and quality. Working across process owners and cross-functional stakeholders, you will help shape orchestration strategy, prioritize high-value opportunities, and ensure solutions are both effective and sustainable. This is a highly visible opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex operational challenges and building smarter ways of working that can scale with the business.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in workflow orchestration, business process automation, systems operations, product operations, or a related function

• 2+ years of experience working with AI-enabled, automation-driven, or emerging technology solutions in an enterprise environment

• Demonstrated experience designing, configuring, and owning complex workflows or automations that support business-critical processes

• Experience translating business needs into scalable operational or technical solutions across cross-functional stakeholder groups

• Experience working within governance, compliance, or policy-driven environments where process accuracy and control are essential

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting Talent Acquisition, recruiting operations, HR operations, or related talent technology environments

• Experience with platform configuration and workflow orchestration within enterprise technology ecosystems

• Experience identifying and prioritizing automation opportunities that improve user experience, efficiency, and operational quality

• Experience introducing new capabilities or processes in fast-evolving environments with shifting priorities

• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with operational rigor, risk awareness, and long-term scalability

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $125,500.00 to $159,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$146,100.00 - $229,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$133,200.00 - $221,400.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.