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As our Director in the Corporate Strategy team, you will play a critical role in crafting our business vision and strategy. You will lead teams and oversee projects that identify and explore new technologies and business models, driving decision-making and investments to turn strategic opportunities into reality. This role offers a unique chance to work closely with Cisco's executive and senior leadership across various business units, giving you the opportunity to tackle complex problems and gain deep insights into the strategic issues prioritized by the Executive Leadership Team.

Meet the Team:

Our team's charter includes the ongoing development and coordination of Cisco's corporate strategies. Our team partners with Cisco's ELT and senior leaders supporting Cisco's product, engineering, finance, sales, marketing, and others to craft and drive strategy for innovation, growth, profitability, and market leadership. You will work directly with a diverse group of professionals, all committed to driving Cisco's success.

Your Impact:

• Leading teams and steering multiple projects that identify and explore new technologies and business models to extend Cisco's technology leadership and customer relevance.
• Driving decision-making, execution, and investments to bring strategic opportunities to fruition.
• Collaborating closely with Cisco business units and multi-functional leadership to formulate long-term strategic priorities and plans, such as organic and inorganic growth strategy, product strategy, emerging industry trends, market and competitive dynamics, and needle-moving pivotal initiatives.
• Working cross-functionally with external and internal collaborators, partnering with product, finance, engineering, marketing, sales, and additional teams.
• Becoming an expert in Cisco's business, with a deep understanding of the markets we serve and the competitors we face. (This includes AI infrastructure, enterprise/carrier/DC networking, security, observability, and digital resilience)
• Leading teams of highly capable and motivated strategy professionals.
• Deep experience in enterprise networking, data center networking, carrier networking, cloud, AI infrastructure, emerging and innovative technologies, business models, and routes to market in this space.
• Joining our Corporate Strategy team will provide opportunities to step-change growth, gain insight into strategic issues that are forefront in the minds of our Executive Leadership, and build relationships across the entire organization.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic leader with the following Minimum Qualifications:

• An MBA degree or equivalent experience from a world-class institution.
• 13+ years of post-MBA experience in a premier Consulting Management firm, corporate strategy function, or financial services field.
• Proven experience in leading people and teams.
• Strong analytical and financial abilities to work on complex business issues with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and communication skills to work with senior executives across various geographies.
• Solid familiarity of core technologies including but not limited to networking, observability, security, AI infrastructure, cloud, multi-cloud, SaaS, AI, and ability to quickly ramp up in new areas.
• Excellence in all areas of strategy development, growth hypothesis, market and competitive intelligence, investment thesis, verbal and written communications, consensus building, and people development.
• Ability to excel in an unstructured, fast paced and dynamic team environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Cisco portfolio knowledge at an expert level

We offer extensive employee benefits including open vacation time, 10 paid volunteering days, paid birthday off, 401k match with NO vesting, generous health/dental/vision benefits and much more.

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco