What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager - Sales Business Capabilities Office position at Cisco Systems, Inc.?
The application window is expected to close on : 02 / 16 / 2025
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Traveling is required approximately once per Q.
Meet the Team
The Sales Business Capabilities Office (BCO) organization is part of Cisco's Go To Market Operations Organization within Cisco Sales and is empowering Sellers to deliver Customer value by providing powerful tools and streamlines processes that accelerate Cisco's growth. We put people first and always have each other's backs. We act with urgency and believe in progress over perfection. We see operational excellence as essential to the effectiveness of our collective teams and we work across team boundaries as it "takes a village" to enable Sellers to show up as "One Cisco".
Your Impact
We are seeking a Project Manager who is highly motivated and ready to grow our partnership with the technical teams in Product Management and IT as well as our deep engagement with business stakeholders and extended teams to drive alignment on our strategy and ensure outcomes are achieved.
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for :
- As part of the PMO, own the BCO Operating model creation and facilitate execution
o Host Leadership Daily Standup to keep leadership aligned to accelerate mobilizing the team to drive priorities.
o Develop suitable strategies to align the BCO organization around outcome-oriented planning and execution
o Drive overall organizational efficiency through collaboration
o Continuously Improving - Monitors best practices in field of expertise, assess and adopt them to increase productivity, managing change and resolving issues that span teams, organizations and able to manage large scale, diverse and complex projects executing simultaneously.
o Provides coaching and guidance to the team members to ensure understanding of project assignments, priorities, and deadlines.
o You are viewed as subject matter experts in the field of project management and our organization's tools and processes
o Facilitate key team and stakeholder reviews
o Assist in the creation of and communicate Stakeholder-oriented Business Capability roadmaps in partnership with Business Capability Managers, Business Process Managers and the leadership team.
o Partner with the leadership team to develop stakeholder-aligned outcomes as part of the leadership team and track key results
o Assist in the creation of annual / quarterly strategic plans
o Drive Key Business Decisions to closure.
o Perform Risk Management
o Maintain high-level program schedules
o Act as part of the change control system
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
You are a connector! You are always working to ensure we work as one village. To succeed in this role, you will have :
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