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Meet the Team

Join our Go-to-Market Sales Strategy & Planning team, a highly collaborative group driving transformative sales strategies and market execution! We work across sales, marketing, product, and finance to deliver scalable go-to-market (GTM) plans that fuel growth and success. Through strategic analysis, data-driven insights, and cross-functional alignment, we play a pivotal role in crafting business outcomes and empowering teams to achieve excellence.

Your Impact

As a GTM Strategy and Planning Consultant - GSSO (Global Specialist Sales Organization), you will lead the development and execution of sales and GTM strategies to achieve top-line growth and market expansion. You will partner with diverse collaborator groups to align on priorities, critical metrics, and actionable plans while analyzing data and market trends to drive informed decision-making. This is a unique opportunity to use your experience to influence business trajectory and contribute to Cisco's success!

Minimum Qualifications

• 2-3+ years in management consulting or corporate strategy, ideally with a top-tier consulting firm or technology company
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or a related field
• Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative analysis, with experience using tools like Excel, Alteryx, and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree or demonstrated success and promotions within relevant field.
• Experience conducting market research, competitive analysis, and performance benchmarking within SaaS, cloud, or cybersecurity industries
• Proven ability to think both strategically and operationally, solving complex business challenges
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, including experience presenting to senior leadership
• Strong ability to manage multiple cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• A proactive, adaptable approach to navigating change and delivering results in an ambiguous environment

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.

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:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* 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.