Partner Account Executive

Cisco Systems, Inc; Düsseldorf; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a senior Partner Sales professional in Germany to manage one of Cisco’s most significant strategic partners. You will act as a trusted advisor, aligning the partner’s business model with Cisco’s portfolio and leading growth initiatives across cloud networking, cybersecurity, observability, and AI-ready infrastructure.

The role requires 5+ years in B2B technology sales, fluency in German and English, and weekly travel across Germany to partner sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in B2B technology sales, channel sales, or partner relationship management.
• Experience in international/global technology companies is mandatory.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in business, technology or related fields.
• Fluency in German and English, with strong verbal and written communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-term account plans with the marquee partner, identifying priorities for performance optimization and capability development.
• Guide the partner’s strategic direction towards Cisco technologies and expand their offerings across key segments.
• Collaborate with the account team to plan demand generation activities and build a consistent pipeline.
• Monitor partner performance using data-driven insights and participate in Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
• Coordinate with Cisco teams to support partner readiness and solution development.
• Travel weekly across Germany to engage with partner sites and drive relationship building.

Skills

German language

English language

Relationship management

Strategic account planning

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

MEET THE TEAM

Join Cisco Germany’s Partner Sales organization, where we collaborate with Germany's most influential technology partners and system integrators to help businesses thrive in a digital-first world. Partners are the heartbeat of Cisco's go-to-market engine and our team acts as strategic business advisors. You will join a highly specialized, close-knit team dedicated to managing one of Cisco’s most significant strategic partners in the region. As a key member of this account team, you will collaborate with colleagues to act as a primary point of contact and trusted advisor, helping drive profitable, high-growth practices around cloud networking, cybersecurity, observability, and AI-ready infrastructure.

MEET THE TEAM

Join Cisco Germany’s Partner Sales organization, where we collaborate with Germany's most influential technology partners and system integrators to help businesses thrive in a digital-first world. Partners are the heartbeat of Cisco's go-to-market engine and our team acts as strategic business advisors. You will join a highly specialized, close-knit team dedicated to managing one of Cisco’s most significant strategic partners in the region. As a key member of this account team, you will collaborate with colleagues to act as a primary point of contact and trusted advisor, helping drive profitable, high-growth practices around cloud networking, cybersecurity, observability, and AI-ready infrastructure.

YOUR IMPACT

In this role, you will be a vital part of the dedicated team managing a marquee partner relationship. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and the partner’s leadership to ensure deep alignment between their business model and Cisco’s full technology portfolio.

• Strategic Contribution: Contribute to the development and execution of long-term account plans for this major partner, identifying priorities for performance optimization, business transformation, and capability development.
• Business Orchestration: Guide the partner’s strategic direction towards Cisco, driving the adoption of our technologies and expanding their service offerings across key segments.
• Growth & Innovation: You will collaborate with the account team to orchestrate the partner ecosystem, planning demand generation activities that ensure the partner’s offerings are positioned to meet customer needs and build a consistent pipeline.
• Performance Management: Maximize the value of Cisco’s partner programs and incentives. You will use data-driven insights to monitor performance, participate in Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), and drive operational excellence.
• Collaboration: Act as a key advocate for your partner within internal Cisco teams, coordinating with specialists, engineers and leadership to support partner readiness and solution development.
• This role requires consistent weekly travel across Germany to engage with stakeholders at the partner’s sites, balancing on-site relationship building with remote strategic planning.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in B2B technology sales, channel sales,or partner relationship management.
• Industry Background: Proven track record within international/global technology companies. Experience in the IT industry is mandatory.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in business, technology or related fields.
• Language: Fluency in German and English, with strong verbal and written communication abilities.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in Relationship Management, Commercial Negotiation, Strategic Account Planning, Solution Selling and Partner Enablement.
• Soft Skills: You are highly collaborative, self-motivated and an accomplished presenter/communicator.
• Expertise: Deep understanding of modern technology architectures (networking, cybersecurity, cloud, collaboration) and recurring revenue/subscription models.
• Consultative Approach: Ability to co-create value propositions and resolve complex business concerns with actionable, data-driven solutions.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.