Leader, Business Operations

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with matching

Health insurance

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Stock grants eligible

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc in the United States is seeking a senior leader to manage a team focused on driving business operations, process optimization, and financial oversight within our supply chain. You will work with the Office of the Chief Supply Chain Officer on initiatives spanning budgeting, capital processes, and risk mitigation.

The role emphasizes data-driven decisions, performance benchmarking, and strategic alignment to enable site-level priorities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in supply chain finance, including budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and business case development.
• Experience with supply chain strategy, business planning, or transformation, translating business priorities into actionable initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills to benchmark performance, identify improvement opportunities, and quantify financial and operational impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to drive efficiency through strategic alignment, process optimization, and financial oversight.
• Hold fiscal accountability for overhead spend and capital processes.
• Coordinate risk mitigation and deliver data, metrics, and processes to support site enablement and leadership priorities.

Skills

Supply chain finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost analysis

Business case development

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/30/2026

Meet the Team

Join a strategic team dedicated to driving business operations, process optimization, and financial oversight. Work closely with the Office of the Chief Supply Chain Officer on pivotal initiatives spanning financial and cost management, AI enablement, opportunity identification, and benchmarking. Our team is committed to operational excellence, maximising data and metrics to drive informed decision-making, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and strategic alignment.

Your Impact

You will manage a team to enable efficiency and bring transformation to life by tracking and reporting on key initiatives, wins, and progress. In this role, you will drive business operations through strategic alignment, process optimization, and financial oversight. You will hold fiscal accountability for overhead spend and capital processes, manage resource allocations, and coordinate risk mitigation strategies. By delivering data, metrics, and processes, you will drive decisions on site enablement and act as the primary link between the leadership team to focus on priorities and key deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ Years of Experience in supply chain finance, including budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and business case development.
• Experience with supply chain strategy, business planning, or transformation, translating business priorities into actionable initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills to benchmark performance, identify improvement opportunities, and quantify financial and operational impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Management consulting experience at the Project Leader (PL) or Principal level, with exposure to supply chain strategy, finance, or transformation.
• Prior experience in hardware supply chains, with a strong foundation in financial planning, cost management, and business case development.
• Ability to benchmark performance, identify and prioritize opportunities, and translate strategy into measurable financial and operational outcomes.
• Experience in supply chain finance, including budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and business case development.

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 $151,000.00 to $195,200.00 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.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 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.

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.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area

$174,600.00 - $274,400.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$164,700.00 - $241,900.00

• 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.