Global Supply Chain Risk Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc in the United States seeks a seasoned Senior Risk Manager to lead the Supply Chain Risk Management Team. You will guide risk analysts and operations professionals, setting priorities and coaching through new processes to raise analytical rigor and cross-functional influence across Global Supply Chain.

You will oversee incident response, compliance, and cross-functional engagement to ensure continuity; and design proactive risk processes, scenario planning, and AI-enabled

Qualifications

• 10+ years in operational or enterprise risk management in supply chain, manufacturing, or logistics.
• Proven success building risk processes and adoption of new frameworks.
• Strong coaching and leadership to attract and retain talent.
• Comfort with ambiguity and transformation initiatives in cross-functional settings.
• Strategic thinker with operational rigor; designs systems and runs operations.
• Excellent ability to translate risk concepts for leaders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a risk analytics and operations team.
• Oversee incident response and compliance with risk frameworks.
• Embed risk thinking across GSC and cross-functional partners.
• Design proactive risk management processes and early warning systems.
• Champion change management and stakeholder communications during large-scale adoption.
• Translate risk insights into business implications for leadership.

Skills

Risk management

Team leadership

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc in the United States seeks a seasoned Senior Risk Manager to lead the Supply Chain Risk Management Team. You will guide risk analysts and operations professionals, setting priorities and coaching through new processes to raise analytical rigor and cross-functional influence across Global Supply Chain.

You will oversee incident response, compliance, and cross-functional engagement to ensure continuity; and design proactive risk processes, scenario planning, and AI-enabled