Strategy & Planning Manager

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $198.5k - $273.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Cisco

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🔧 Hardware

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Hardware • Security • Enterprise

Cisco is a multinational technology company that provides networking hardware, software, and services to enterprises, service providers, and governments. It builds routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, and edge computing platforms, and offers security, collaboration (Webex), observability, and AI-enabled software and support services to help organizations design, operate, and secure large-scale networks and data centers. Cisco also delivers professional services, training, and cloud-managed solutions to support digital transformation and AI-ready infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Lead strategic, cross-functional programs from initial framing through execution, transition, and closeout • Translate ambiguous objectives into program structures covering outcomes, scope, workstreams, sponsorship, measures, dependencies, decision rights, and delivery paths • Develop integrated execution plans connecting teams, milestones, assumptions, risks, and commitments across organizational boundaries • Establish processes and operating rhythms that accelerate decisions, surface tradeoffs early, and maintain accountability • Provide senior leaders with concise, decision-oriented visibility into program health, progress, risks, dependencies, and required actions • Improve execution systems and operating mechanisms to reduce manual coordination and reporting • Capture lessons learned, reusable templates, and scalable practices for future programs • Enable accountable leaders to make timely decisions and execute effectively through coordinated planning, governance, risk management, and executive visibility

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years of related experience, or Master’s degree plus 8 years, or PhD plus 5 years, or equivalent relevant work experience • 6+ years of experience leading complex strategic programs, business planning initiatives, business operations, or product/go-to-market operations • 4+ years leading large, cross-functional initiatives in an operations-focused environment • Experience building integrated plans, executive governance, operating cadences, performance metrics, and risk/dependency management processes • Exceptional communication and influence skills, including engaging senior leaders, aligning diverse stakeholders, and driving decisions without direct authority • Strong analytical judgment and ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations, tradeoffs, and executive-ready updates • Experience in enterprise technology, SaaS, product management, product operations, go-to-market execution, or customer lifecycle programs • Familiarity with product lifecycle motions, including launches, refreshes, migrations, End-of-Sale, and End-of-Life • Experience working across product, engineering, sales, finance, customer success, and operations organizations • Experience with portfolio management, financial analysis, dashboards, CRM/reporting tools, and program-management methodologies • PMP, Agile, Scrum, or comparable program-management certification preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution • Paid parental leave • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Basic life insurance • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to eligibility and continued employment • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees • Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees, subject to availability and business limitations • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward annually • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies