Technical Activation Lead

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💵 $266.1k - $342.9k / year

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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

• Turn approved cross-product technical and architectural decisions into dated, owned workstreams reaching demonstrable customer and field readiness • Translate approved use cases and architecture into coordinated workstreams, owners, dependencies, milestones, and acceptance criteria across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers • Maintain the technical activation register, decision log, readiness checklist, partner-delivery tracker, use-case charter, and structured feedback register • Expose unresolved dependencies and advance work using evidence • Coordinate product, engineering, SE, dCloud/demo, partner, CX/support, legal/security, and field execution teams • Coordinate partner SOW deliverables and make handoffs and test results reusable across teams • Develop reference collateral covering proof plans, deployment patterns, and field-readiness evidence • Run gates from concept through coordinated proof, pilot, launch readiness, and scale • Orchestrate AI Defense competitive-proof readiness • Develop Cloud Control onboarding procedures • Guide partner Multi Cloud Fabric managed-service practice high-level design • Ensure acceptance proof is driven by tangible results rather than meetings or demos • Partner with Product leaders to develop, test, and validate early-stage go-to-market hypotheses • Secure lighthouse customer wins and build repeatable sales and partner playbooks for broader sales organizations

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of demonstrated expertise in Network software and solutions • Strong architectural literacy • Ability to create reference demos, proof plans, deployment patterns, and enablement materials for early-stage technology innovations • Experience maintaining technical registers, decision logs, and readiness checklists • Ability to identify dependencies and raise issues using data-driven evidence • 5+ years of experience driving rapid prototyping and Proofs of Concepts (PoCs) from initial concept through pilot, launch readiness, and scale • Proven experience leading an engineering team aligned with sales counterparts • Advanced expertise in orchestrating sophisticated technical proofs such as AI Defense, Cloud Control, or similar emerging technology validations • Ability to handle ambiguity in fast-paced incubation environments and adapt to shifting priorities • Understanding of product partnership dynamics and repeatable sales and partner playbooks • Experience developing reusable results across cross-functional teams • Excellent communication and project management skills

🏖️ 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 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 • 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 • Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans