Strategy & Planning Manager – Global Security, Networking Sales

🔥 4 hours ago

🏄 California, North Carolina, +2 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $128.4k - $191.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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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

• Drive end-to-end design, narrative synthesis, and delivery of Quarterly Business Outlooks, ELT strategy reviews, and strategic readouts • Define, structure, and articulate global strategic priorities with Strategy & Planning leadership • Translate sales metrics, inflections, and market dynamics into executive storylines • Structure ambiguous and complex Security & Networking business challenges • Partner with Central Analytics & BI teams to distill financial, bookings, and operational data into executive decision support • Bridge Business Entities, Geo Strategy & Planning leads, and team members to unify messaging and drive consensus • Develop presentation decision frameworks and governance models • Enable sales leadership to evaluate trade-offs, align incentives, and implement strategic pivots

🎯 Requirements

• 6–8+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, or sales strategy and operations within a global technology enterprise • 3+ years of high-level executive communication and narrative synthesis experience • Proven record authoring presentation materials for Director, VP, and executive-level audiences • 3+ years of mastery in structured problem solving, hypothesis-driven analysis, and top-down communication frameworks • 2+ years of experience with business metrics, financial modeling, and sales performance analytics • 2+ years operating as an influential individual contributor in a highly matrixed environment • Ability to align cross-functional VP stakeholders without direct authority • MBA from a premier institution or equivalent advanced degree preferred • Management consulting background with direct engagement in technology, enterprise software, or networking/security verticals preferred • Familiarity with enterprise networking, cybersecurity architectures, or recurring SaaS/subscription GTM business models preferred • Experience driving cross-architecture strategic alignment across multiple business units or cross-functional teams 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, vesting following 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 personal wellness days • 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees • Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees • 80 hours of sick time on hire date and each January 1 thereafter • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward • 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 • Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans • Opportunities for professional growth and development