Remote Partner Solutions Leader – Tech Enablement

Cisco Systems, Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 239,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Partner Solutions Engineering Leader to guide a team of PSEs, acting as the technical liaison between Cisco and the partner ecosystem. You will drive enablement, reference architectures, and joint-solution development to accelerate revenue and customer outcomes.

The role emphasizes leading a group, maturing partner technical practices, and championing Cisco’s Data Fabric and AI-powered observability initiatives using a partner-centric GTM approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree + 8+ years or Master’s degree + 5 years.
• 5+ years technical knowledge in Security, Observability, Event, or Network Management.
• 3+ years of people management leading technical pre-sales or partner-facing engineering teams.
• Experience in building high-performing teams and developing talent across different career stages.
• Operational acumen with partner capacity planning, enablement roadmaps, and measuring business impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of PSEs as the primary technical liaison between Splunk/Cisco and partners.
• Drive enablement roadmaps, reference architectures, and joint-solution development to accelerate pipeline.
• Champion Cisco’s Data Fabric strategy using Data Intelligence and AI for partners.
• Hire, coach, and develop PSEs; align with security, observability, cloud, network, and AI priorities.

Skills

Security

Observability

Event Management

Network Management

People management

Team development

Operations

Capacity planning

Enablement roadmaps

Business impact

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8+ years

Master’s degree + 5 years

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Partner Solutions Engineering Leader to guide a team of PSEs, acting as the technical liaison between Cisco and the partner ecosystem. You will drive enablement, reference architectures, and joint-solution development to accelerate revenue and customer outcomes.

The role emphasizes leading a group, maturing partner technical practices, and championing Cisco’s Data Fabric and AI-powered observability initiatives using a partner-centric GTM approach.