Strategy & Planning Manager

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🏄 California, North Carolina – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $148.8k - $208.2k / 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

• Translate high-level enterprise AI strategy into structured, governed, and predictable operational programs • Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across Product, Engineering, IT, Legal, and Finance • Establish integrated execution plans, milestone roadmaps, and clear decision rights • Build and scale operating cadences, risk and dependency management frameworks, and shared metrics • Deliver concise, decision-oriented reporting and executive visibility to senior leadership • Proactively unblock critical AI priorities • Institutionalize reusable templates, governance playbooks, and scalable practices • Improve organizational operational maturity and deliver measurable business outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Operations, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) • 6+ years of professional experience leading strategic programs, business operations, business planning, or product/go-to-market operations in an enterprise technology environment • 4+ years of hands-on experience managing large, cross-functional initiatives across matrixed stakeholder groups • Experience establishing integrated program execution plans, operating cadences, milestone roadmaps, and risk/dependency management frameworks • Experience developing executive-level governance presentations, program status dashboards, or management reporting for senior leadership • Familiarity with enterprise AI technologies, platforms, workflows, or cloud operating models • Experience leading operational or governance programs spanning product management, engineering enablement, and go-to-market execution • Formal program management certification such as PMP, PMI-ACP, Agile, Scrum, or Lean Six Sigma • Experience using program and portfolio management tools, data visualization dashboards such as Tableau or Power BI, or workflow automation platforms • Strong stakeholder alignment and change management skills with a proven track record of driving cross-functional decisions without direct authority

🏖️ 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 • 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 • Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year • Exempt employees participate in a flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit, 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 • 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’s policies