Leader, Sales - Commercial Sector - KSA

Cisco; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare and Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase program

Flexible Spending Benefit

Flex and Schooling Allowances

Job summary

Cisco in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to drive multi-year sales growth across the KSA commercial markets, including the private healthcare sector. You will manage executive relationships with CTOs, CIOs, and CFOs to align Cisco solutions with business roadmaps and cross-portfolio growth.

The role requires guiding direct account and architecture teams, coordinating with partners, and shaping regional sales strategies under global leadership guidance.

Qualifications

• Prior formal supervisory or people management experience within a professional setting.
• Established background in technology sales and leadership.
• Documented experience managing and closing complex commercial accounts with consistent quota attainment.
• Demonstrated experience managing significant annual budgets for technology products or service offerings.

Responsibilities

• Lead direct account and architecture teams to drive multi-year sales growth in KSA commercial markets.
• Direct resource utilization and align priorities with field, partner, and global leadership guidance.
• Review forecasts and sales data to optimize tactics and provide data-driven insights for regional planning.
• Coordinate joint planning sessions between partners and field teams to enhance market penetration.

Skills

Tech sales leadership

Quota attainment

Budget management

Executive relationships

Job description

Internal Opportunity Notice: This position is available to internal candidates up to grade 12. The final grade offer will be determined based on an objective assessment of individual performance and interview outcomes.

Meet the Team

The KSA Commercial team is dedicated to driving sustainable growth and portfolio profitability by delivering Cisco's cutting-edge networking and technology solutions to a diverse range of commercial customers.

Our work is fundamental to the larger regional strategy, connecting businesses, government entities, and service providers to the global digital economy.

We are a high-energy, collaborative group consisting of account managers, technical architects, and partner leaders who thrive on solving complex business challenges together.

The team maintains a culture of agility and innovation, valuing diverse perspectives to better navigate the unique market conditions and regulatory landscapes across KSA.

It is an exciting time to join us as we lead digital transformation efforts in key market like Saudi Arabia, directly shaping the future of connectivity in the country.

Your Impact

• Serve as a Regional Sales Manager leading direct account and architecture teams to drive sustained, multi-year sales growth across KSA commercial markets, and specifically in the private healthcare sector.
• Direct resource utilization and strategic commercial priorities to align field, partner, and virtual team efforts with global corporate leadership guidance.
• Review forecasts and sales data to optimize commercial sales tactics and provide data-driven insights that influence regional sales planning.
• Coordinate joint planning sessions between partners and field teams to streamline execution and enhance market penetration across complex customer segments.
• Manage executive-level relationships with CTOs, CIOs, and CFOs to understand their business roadmaps and align Cisco solutions to drive sustainable cross-portfolio growth.

Minimum Qualifications

• Prior formal supervisory or people management experience within a professional setting.
• Established background in technology sales and leadership.
• Documented experience managing and closing complex commercial accounts with consistent quota attainment.
• Demonstrated experience managing significant annual budgets for technology products or service offerings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of KSA commercial market dynamics, regulatory environments, and local customer buying behaviors.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills to build and sustain high-performing teams.
• Proven ability to facilitate complex, cross-functional initiatives involving services, software, and partner ecosystems.
• Excellent commercial relationship management skills, including the ability to consultatively challenge customers to innovate their business models.
• Market intelligence expertise with a focus on translating business climate insights into actionable competitive strategies.

Job Details

• Nature of the Work: Hybrid Full Time
• Hours of work: 48 hours per week
• Benefits: Healthcare and Insurance
• Benefits: Employee Stock Purchase program
• Benefits: Flexible Spending Benefit
• Benefits: Flex and Schooling Allowances
• Application start and end date: Starting 26 of Aug, 2026 for approx. 4-6 weeks

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.