Solutions Engineering Leader - US Commercial Networking -West

The application window is expected to close on: July 17th.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

At Cisco, you'll join a team of passionate innovators dedicated to transforming industries through cutting-edge Networking solutions. We collaborate across diverse fields, combining expertise in technology, strategy, and customer success to drive impactful change. Our culture is rooted in trust, inclusivity, and a shared commitment to solving real-world challenges. If you're ready to make a difference and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, we'd love to have you on board.

Your Impact

As the Solutions Engineering Leader, you will be responsible for setting the technical vision and strategy for the Networking Solution Engineering team in the US Commercial segment.

This includes, but is not limited to, identifying expertise to grow the team and facilitating key partnerships between customers and internal organizations. This is an ideal position for someone who has a consistent record of building and scaling high-performance sales engineering teams and provides an opportunity to join a diverse team of highly engaged critical thinkers.

• Technology leadership: Technical vision and strategy for customer CTO priorities and industry direction
• Team leadership: Define and drive a culture that will attract and retain the best system engineering talent in the industry. Coaching, mentoring, career pathing/development within and outside the direct team.
• Partnership with sales leadership both inside the Specialists Organization and the direct/portfolio teams (Networking Specialist Architecture Leadership, AVP, SED/SSEM, RM/SEM, AM/SE, etc.)

• Establish and execute lightweight processes to drive efficiency and effectiveness to SE team.
• Optimize organizational structure in partnership with Sales Leadership and align to business priorities to improve bookings and minimize operational expenses.
• Ensure execution of all engineering programs including technical sales process/closure, demand generation, and pipeline development.

• Clearly articulate and navigate issues, challenges and gaps both technically from a business perspective and regarding people resources.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent. MBA or equivalent highly desirable.
• 8+ years related experience.
• Cisco experience highly desired.
• In-depth knowledge in the relevant technology areas including IP Core/Edge Routing/Switching; Wireless; Software Defined Networking; Cloud; and Security.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of leadership experience.
• Knowledge of relevant solutions sets, product line specifications, performance criteria, and applications.
• In-depth understanding and experience in management of all aspects of sales support processes. Thorough understanding of organizational structures, management practices, staff development, and retention.

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Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

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