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Cisco Systems, Inc; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc in Bengaluru seeks a Strategic Talent Advisor to partner with APJC Sales/GTM leaders, delivering high-quality talent across Account Executives, Account Managers, Regional Managers and selected Solutions Engineering roles.

You will act as a strategic talent advisor, using market intel and data to influence decisions, own sourcing strategies, and drive AI-enabled productivity across the team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, with 6+ years in Sales, GTM and/or Technical Sales hiring.
• Strong understanding of AE, AM, RM and/or SE talent market landscapes.
• Shown experience leading end-to-end recruiting and developing sourcing strategies for complex roles.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and consulting skills.
• Ability to use market intelligence and data to shape hiring decisions.
• Experience hiring across Enterprise and Commercial Sales.
• Strong digital fluency and AI adoption in recruiting.
• Experience coaching junior recruiters and contributing to team-wide talent initiatives.

Responsibilities

• A trusted talent advisor to hiring leaders, influencing decisions through market intel and data.
• Build and implement sourcing and hiring strategies across Sales/GTM and Technical Sales roles.
• Deliver high-quality, timely and predictable hiring outcomes with strong execution and accountability.
• Contribute beyond individual delivery through team initiatives, knowledge sharing, coaching and talent attraction.
• Leverage and experiment with AI, digital tools and AI agents to automate routine work and improve productivity.

Skills

Sales GTM acumen

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Coaching

AI curiosity

Tools

AI agents

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 10/31/2026Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

In your role, as Strategic Talent Advisor, you'll be part of APJC Sales/GTM Hiring function. You'll partner with hiring leaders acrossEnterprise, Commercial and other GTM segments to deliver high-quality talent, primarily acrossAccount Executives, Account Managers, Regional Managers and selected Solutions Engineering roles.

Act as astrategic talent advisor, bringing Sales, GTM and Tech Sales market expertise, talent intelligence and data-driven insights to influence hiring decisions. Own and implement sourcing and hiring strategies while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring leader experience.

Beyond talent delivery, contribute totalent attraction initiatives, coach junior recruiters, drive team priorities and leverage AI/digital tools and AI agents to improve recruiting productivity and effectiveness.

Your Impact

• A trusted talent advisor to hiring leaders, influencing decisions through market intel and data.

• Build and implementsourcing and hiring strategiesacross Sales/GTM and Technical Sales roles.

• Deliverhigh-quality, timely and predictable hiring outcomeswith strong execution and accountability.

• Contribute beyond individual delivery throughteam initiatives, knowledge sharing, coaching and talent attraction.

• Leverage and experiment withAI, digital tools and AI agents to automate routine work and improve productivity.

• Solve complex talent challenges through innovative sourcing approaches.

About You:

• Curious, with exceptional Sales, GTM and Tech Sales acumen.

• Trusted and consultative, able to build credibility, challenge constructively and influence senior stakeholders.

• Data savy, bringing insights and informed perspectives to hiring decisions.

• Collaborative and willing to share knowledge, coach others and contribute beyond individual delivery.

• AI-curious and digitally fluent, continuously experimenting with AI and new ways of working.

• Quality and outcome-focused, with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and accountability.

• Adaptable and solutions oriented, comfortable navigating with ambiguity and able to handle complex talent challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, with 6+ years of relevant experiencein Sales, GTM and/or Technical Sales hiring.

• Strong understanding ofAE, AM, RM and/or SE talent market landscapes.

• Shown experience leading end-to-end recruiting and developing sourcing strategies for complex roles.

• Strongstakeholder management, influencing and consultingskills.

• Ability to use market intelligence and data to shape hiring decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience hiring acrossEnterprise and Commercial Salesorganizations.

• Strong Sales, GTM andTech Sales acumenwith knowledge of competitive talent markets.

• Experience coaching junior recruiters and contributing toteam-wide talent initiatives.

• Strongdigital fluency and AI adoption, including use of AI agents to improve day-to-day productivity.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, innovate and operate effectively in a team environment.

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.