Senior Manager - Strategy, Cisco Networking 1418911
Cisco Systems
- San Jose, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- As a Senior Strategy Manager and Strategy Leader for Cisco Networking:
- You will lead business strategy and investment opportunity projects from start-to-finish, structuring the problem statement and approach, identifying, and aligning with the appropriate set of partners, guiding cross-functional working groups and problem-solving efforts, synthesizing results and presenting to senior collaborators.
- You will collaborate with Cisco business units and cross-functional leadership to formulate long-term strategic priorities and plans related to e.g., organic and inorganic growth strategy, emerging industry trends, competitive dynamics, and internal business performance improvement.
- You will work cross-functionally across external and internal collaborators, partnering closely with Networking's product, engineering, finance, corporate development, business operations, sales, marketing and other teams
- You will be encouraged to become an expert in Cisco's businesses and have a deep understanding on the markets we serve and our competitors.
- Joining the Strategy team will give you a chance to explore highly complex problems, gain insight into the strategic issues that are forefront in the minds of the Cisco Networking leadership team, and form relationships with people across the entire organization.
- An MBA degree or equivalent experience from a world-class institution.
- 4+ years of post-MBA work experience, including 1 - 3 years at a top-tier consulting firm, or corporate strategy.
- Possess strong analytical and financial abilities to work on sophisticated business issues with minimum supervision.
- B2B enterprise software experience with SDWAN and/or SASE tech focus
- Bring strong leadership and communication skills to work with senior executives across various geographies.
- In-depth knowledge of high-tech industry, with demonstrated ability to ramp up quickly in new areas.
- Excel in all areas of strategy development, including project management, business analysis, problem solving, verbal and written communication, consensus building, and people development.
- Demonstrated ability to become a future leader and be successful in an unstructured, team environment.
- THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE. You are able to come into our San Jose HQ offices 3x per week, or if based in San Francisco, a combo of 1x SJ and 2x in SF, each week.