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Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This is a remote role with preferred locations of Atlanta, Austin, and Research Triangle Park

Meet the Team

Americas Sales Strategy, Planning, and Operations (SP&O) is a dynamic organization where innovation and technology come together to help our sales teams deliver on customer outcomes. We are seeking a best-in-class Sales GTM Strategy & Transformation Director to help shape Americas Sales strategy and drive key transformation initiatives that translate into sales growth in partnership with the Sales Leadership Team and cross-functional collaborators (Operations, Specialist, Finance, & Business Units).

Your Impact

This Director will report to the Senior Director and will lead the following responsibilities:

• Build Growth Plan: Develop Annual/Long Range strategic sales growth plans through structured frameworks, partnerships with cross-functional teams, and the build-out of a repeatable sales play engine. Design and operationalize growth priorities (including KPIs) with a structured PMO approach.

• Strategic Initiative Leadership: Identify, develop, and lead high-impact strategic sales initiatives that align with organizational goals and drive transformation across global markets.

• Conduct Strategic, Data-Driven Analyses: Use market research, business, and competitive intelligence to identify levers for growth across new, renew, and expand sales motions. Advise GTM strategy supporting growth and scale of the global business. Define and leverage GTM levers to implement growth-driven programs.

• People Leadership: Lead and guide a dynamic Sales GTM Strategy & Transformation team by providing strategic guidance and insights to drive innovation and continuous improvement in sales practices.

• Executive Communication: Present the growth planExecutive Communication:** Present the growth plan and priorities to senior executives across sales, specialist, product business units, and executive leadership teams. Prepare Americas Sales Head / COO for Board, ELT, and SLT level strategic meetings and presentations.

• Cross-functional- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with internal stakeholders including sales, specialist- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with internal stakeholders including sales, specialist, marketing, product development, and operations to ensure alignment and successful execution of strategic initiatives.

• Change Management: Advocate for and implement change management practices to facilitate adoption of new strategies and processes within the sales organization.

• Strategic Assessment: Assess optimal allocation of coverage spend against customers, regions, and products to increase output, including strategic questions around renewals, customer success, field roles, and sales organization structure/governance/design.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience including management consulting, strategy, or sales with people leadership/management experience.

• Minimum BA/BS Degree required; MBA or equivalent experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in management consulting or equivalent, focusing on strategy and transformation, preferably within sales or marketing.

• Demonstrated management experience leading strategy teams with a track record of team development.

• Sales/GTM Strategy experience within the tech sector highly preferred.

• Strong skills in framing and structuring business problems, prioritizing efforts, conducting complex quantitative and qualitative analysis, and building executive-level stories with recommendations.

• Experience translating business priorities into actionable GTM programs including offer creation, campaign creation, and enablement, all measurable.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.

• Proven ability to lead strategic initiatives and drive transformation in a complex, global organization; capable of executing programs spanning 6-12 months to completion.

• Self-starter with high initiative, able to work independently and run multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Curious and flexible, enjoying variety and willing to solve different roles/responsibilities as business needs evolve.

• A standout colleague who embraces challenges, supports teammates, and is inspired by collaborative success.

A fail-forward demeanor, leading as a natural innovator in the face of change and adversity.

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 $200,400.00 to $258,200.00 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 of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to 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:

$244,200.00 - $375,900.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$217,400.00 - $318,100.00

* 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.