Account Executive - Architecture

Cisco; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 264,000 - 409,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sales Incentive Pay

Benefits package

Job summary

Cisco seeks an Account Executive - Collaboration to own and drive sales for State, Local and Education customers in the Pacific Northwest. This role requires leading forecasting, pipeline management and quota attainment while coordinating with sales and channel teams to accelerate growth.

You will partner with Marketing and Scale teams to drive campaigns, capture customer requirements, and train stakeholders across customers and partners to ensure successful adoption of Cisco collaboration

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience in a selling or consulting role for software, cloud and or mobility offerings.
• Strong practical knowledge of Software as a Service and collaboration technologies.
• Consistent track record of meeting or exceeding business objectives and revenue targets.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver on a sales target for Cisco Collaboration for your territory.
• Forecasting, tracking and analyzing the bookings and pipeline of your territory.
• Develop and implement go-to-market plans to accelerate Cisco Collaboration growth in the Scale market.

Skills

Sales experience

SaaS knowledge

Revenue targets

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 10/20/2026.

Meet the Team

Note: While this is a remote position, we are seeking candidates located in or willing to relocate to the greater Seattle, Portland, or Boulder markets to be onsite with customers as needed.

Your Impact

As the Account Executive - Collaboration, Covering State, Local and Education Customers in the Pacific Northwest markets, you will be a key member of the Cisco Collaboration sales team. You will own and deliver on a sales target for Cisco Collaboration for your territory. This will include forecasting, tracking and analyzing the bookings and pipeline of your territory.

• Responsible for developing and implementing the go-to-market plans to accelerate the growth of Cisco Collaboration into the Scale market focused on State and Local, Education.
• Provide subject matter expertise for and work closely with the sales organization and channels teams.
• Ensure Cisco Collaboration go-to-market readiness in sales, channel and customer advocacy organizations.
• Work with Cisco Collaboration Marketing and Scale teams to drive campaigns and programs to generate incremental bookings and pipeline.
• Capture and drive collaboration products and solutions requirements suitable for the Scale market.
• Drive training and awareness initiatives for customers, partners and distribution channels.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience in a selling or consulting role for software, cloud and or mobility offerings.
• Strong practical knowledge of Software as a Service and collaboration technologies.
• Consistent track record of meeting or exceeding business objectives and revenue targets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about helping State, Local and Education agencies make a difference by changing the way they work through powerful collaboration experiences.
• Understand and can articulate how collaboration powers business growth, innovation and efficiency.
• Understand and can articulate how exceptional end user experiences drive usage and adoption of collaboration solutions.
• Outstanding communication, presentation and written skills.
• A creative thinker who is passionate about customer success.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $263,900.00 to $359,500.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

Paid Time Away

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Sales Incentive Pay

Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. For Quota-based Incentive Pay, Cisco Typically Pays As Follows

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

Salary Ranges by State

New York City Metro Area

$292,100.00 - $441,900.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$263,900.00 - $409,200.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
• Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.