Executive Social Media Manager - LinkedIn Lead (Remote)

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 196,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

RSU grants

Paid time off

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Social Media Manager to own the executive's LinkedIn presence, design channel strategies, and manage editorial quality. The role emphasizes authentic voice, daily feed engagement, and cross‑channel expansion to X and YouTube as part of a vodcast strategy.

The ideal candidate brings senior-level social leadership, strong analytical rigor, and experience working with C-level executives, with a focus on AI‑augmented content workflows and stakeholder alignment across

Qualifications

• Expert-level understanding of LinkedIn — algorithm behavior, content formats, engagement mechanics, and audience growth strategies.
• Significant community management experience and a real appetite for the practice — identifying conversations worth joining, recommending engagements, and managing an executive's presence in the replies
• Demonstrated experience writing in an executive's voice — comments, replies, and social copy that ship with light edits
• Solid foundation in social reporting, with a strong point of view on what to measure and why it matters — able to defend the metrics they choose
• An established social listening practice — the ability to surface trending conversations and customer insights and convert them into content recommendations
• Experience tracking influencers, analysts, and peer executives, and building engagement strategies around them
• Strong editorial judgment — ability to assess content for strategic value, voice, and platform fit without constant input
• Data literacy — fluent in LinkedIn analytics and comfortable building reports senior stakeholders act on
• Proficiency and interest in AI tools; experience building AI‑assisted content workflows
• Experience supporting C‑suite executives or working in executive communications; familiarity with AI, enterprise technology, or B2B tech is a plus

Responsibilities

• Channel Strategy & Management: Own the day-to-day management of the executive's LinkedIn presence: Editorial calendar, publishing cadence, content mix, and platform best practices.
• Executive Voice Drafting: Draft posts, suggested comments and replies in the executive's authentic voice. Be sincere, specific, and platform-native, so recommendations can be approved with minimal executive time investment.
• Social Reporting: Own social reporting end-to-end, from monthly performance reports to campaign-level analysis. Bring a strong point of view on which metrics to measure and why it matters.
• Influencer, Peer & Analyst Tracking: Build and maintain curated lists of influencers, peer executives, analysts, and media voices; track publications and advise engagements.
• Social Listening & Insight: Maintain a structured social listening practice; identify trends and insights and feed them into content briefs and angles.
• Community Management & Engagement: Monitor engagement on posts and conversations, identify high-value opportunities, deliver regular insights.
• Editorial Oversight & Quality Control: Serve as the final gate for voice, platform fit, and production quality; provide direction to Designer and Operator.
• Internal Amplification & Enablement: Produce briefs and toolkits to mobilize internal teams and align with Global Communications.
• AI-Augmented Workflow: Operate and improve AI-assisted drafting, listening and reporting workflows.

Skills

LinkedIn mastery

Community management

Executive voice drafting

Social reporting

Social listening

Influencer tracking

Editorial oversight

AI-assisted workflows

Analytics literacy

C-suite experience

Tools

LinkedIn Analytics

AI content tools

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Social Media Manager to own the executive's LinkedIn presence, design channel strategies, and manage editorial quality. The role emphasizes authentic voice, daily feed engagement, and cross‑channel expansion to X and YouTube as part of a vodcast strategy.

The ideal candidate brings senior-level social leadership, strong analytical rigor, and experience working with C-level executives, with a focus on AI‑augmented content workflows and stakeholder alignment across