Project Manager

The #1 place to work in the United States is looking for a Project Manager position in our Global Security Sales Organization (GSSO) Strategy & Planning group. Our mission is simple: democratize security by making it easy and effective for everyone. We’re transforming security from the ground up by solving the world’s most pressing geopolitical challenge — safe, secure information access. Empowering the world to reach its full potential, securely—that’s our vision in Cisco Secure. Security is everything in a world of evolving threats. We’ll be your trusted partner in security resilience to protect the integrity of your business amidst unpredictable change.

Over the next few years, we’re making big investments for an even better customer experience and big growth in Cisco Secure. Here’s where you come in: it starts with building a best-in-class Strategy & Planning team with a passion for our customers and employees. Come join us, and let’s build the future together.

What You'll Do

As part of the Global Security Sales Organization Strategy & Planning Project Management Office directly supporting our Security Architecture, you will function in a Project Manager capacity through exercising four key principles – strategic focus, being data and insights driven, having an objective view, and being customer/stakeholder focused. Your core responsibility will be to partner with our PMO Program Managers to drive key programs and workstreams to successful outcomes.

• You will be required to deliver on the following:

• Manage competing priorities and influencing internal stakeholders and business owners.

• Lead and support cross-functional initiatives. Facilitate meetings with team, stakeholders, and business partners.

• Partner with value stream portfolio leads to complete initial discovery, analysis, and scoping during project intake and obtain concept commit decision from stakeholders

• Create baseline project plan by working with the functional delivery teams

• Use project collaboration tools (such as Jira Software) to capture and track project deliverable details

• Prepare materials for and effectively facilitate project meetings such as Kick-Off and Weekly Status at the project team and senior leadership level

• Proactively track key risk, action, issue, and decisions which have impacts on project outcomes

• Work with the enablement and communications team to identify requirements and ensure appropriate level of support is provided throughout the project

• Be people focused, working daily with a variety of internal stakeholders to support global execution and alignment of critical GSSO Programs.

Who You'll Work With

You will operate effectively across a global matrix organization that spans Americas, EMEA and APJC. You will work closely with your counterparts on the geography Strategy & Planning teams and across our overlay technology specialists as well as other key partners in Finance and the Security Business Group.

Who You Are

Bachelor’s degree.

• 3 years of relevant Project Management work experience.

• You have good interpersonal skills and can develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and demonstrate the leadership skills required to create and communicate with executives at all levels of the Global Security Sales Organization.

• You possess strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to present information clearly and succinctly along with the demonstrable ability to be objective through active listening; always striving for the best outcome for the business.

• You’re able to navigate between the big picture and the details with speed and agility.

• You are a self-starter not afraid to challenge the status quo or address the tough questions.

• You are creative and innovative, analytical, inquisitive, and capable executing on all your deliverables with limited guidance and tight timelines.

Why Cisco Security?

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Here’s how we do it.

We believe that impactful work is rewarding work and that our team is at its best when everyone feels empowered to bring their whole self to work. We learn together by hiring for cultural contribution, not cultural fit, and recognize that diversity in background and thought are essential to building high-impact teams.

We invest in growth and learning opportunities and encourage our people to never stop learning. We foster collaboration and believe in being recognized (and rewarded!) for hard work. We champion a healthy work-life balance. We’re kinder than necessary.

Together we build for the future by designing simple solutions for complex problems. And that’s why we’re the most loved and trusted name in security. We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. 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!

We will ensure that individuals who need help during the application process are provided reasonable accommodation to participate, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.