Strategy & Planning Manager

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🏄 California, Illinois, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $128.4k - $191.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧐 Strategy

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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

• Act as the primary liaison between the sales organizations and other forecasting stakeholders • Collaborate with Sales, Finance, & Operational teams to define forecasting requirements, goals, and deliverables • Lead the development and rollout of enablement programs for forecasting needs • Define and implement processes and solutions that improve forecasting accuracy and insights • Regularly gather feedback from Current and future Acquisitions team members • Drive project management efforts for all initiatives in the organization • Provide regular updates and insights to executive leadership on the progress and identifying challenges, solutions, and areas for improvement • Build performance indicators to measure success using data to support continuous improvement.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Business Administration, or equivalent experience • 5+ years of experience in sales operations, or program/project management within a large technology company • Demonstrated experience in developing Sales processes, forecasting strategies, or sales enablement • Experience integrating functional requirements into larger operational frameworks • MBA or PMP certification is a plus • Experience with Revenue Forecasting is a plus • 10 years of sales operations, or program/project management within a large technology company • Proven experience leading cross-functional projects and driving collaboration across departments • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with experience communicating at an executive level • Strong project management capabilities with experience handling complex initiatives • Familiarity with forecasting tools, CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Clari, Gong), and data-driven forecasting methodologies • Strategic thinker who can anticipate challenges, find opportunities, and build solutions.

🏖️ 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 • 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 Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program • 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 from one calendar year to the next • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer