Sales Business Development Manager

Tech Sales Jobs; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 135,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Stock-based incentives

Job summary

Cisco's Global Virtual Sales organization is seeking a Sales Business Development Manager to drive partner activation and scaling across Velocity segments. You will orchestrate joint demand generation and collaborate with Channel, Marketing, and Sales teams to accelerate opportunities and build strong partner relationships.

The role offers a flexible, remote environment with coaching, training, and growth opportunities, aligned to Cisco’s evolving market strategy and community focus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B sales, partner business development, or channel management experience.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding KPIs and revenue quotas.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across Marketing, Engineering, Sales, and Channel teams.
• Experience developing and executing strategic account or partner development strategies with measurable pipeline growth.

Responsibilities

• Build direct partner relationships and drive joint demand generation in Mid-Market territories.
• Maintain deep knowledge of Cisco product portfolio and industry trends to tell the One Cisco Story.
• Lead partner-facing engagements with channel partners and distributors, with in-person meetings as needed.
• Collaborate with Velocity teams to ensure efficient opportunity management and strong customer relationships.

Skills

B2B sales

Partner development

Channel management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Location: RTP, North Carolina, US, Austin, Texas, US, Chicago, Illinois, US

Remote Type: Remote

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

The application window is expected to close on: 10/06/2026

This remote role is open to candidates in the United States, there is no relocation available.
Meet the Team

Join Cisco’s Global Virtual Sales organization - one of our fastest-growing sales teams, and the talent engine for Cisco Sales that consistently delivers profitable growth. We serve the customer lifecycle by connecting customers with transformative solutions to drive business value and efficiency. Here, you’ll find an encouraging environment with coaching, training, and on-the-job learning to accelerate your career. Enjoy our award-winning, flexible workplace powered by the latest Cisco technology, where innovation and giving back to the community are at the heart of what we do. Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on adapting to market changes and making an impact.

Your Impact

This Sales Business Development Manager in GVS plays a key role in driving partner activation and scaling efforts across Velocity segments. This role builds mindshare with partners and internal teams, orchestrates joint demand generation and business development activities, and collaborates with Scale theater leaders to define and activate focus partners in Velocity. Close partnership with the Velocity AE, SMB AE, & PAM teams ensures efficient opportunity management and strong customer and partner relationships, supporting Cisco’s mission to deliver impactful solutions at scale.

This position offers an innovative and flexible work environment powered by Cisco technology, emphasizing agility, adaptability to market changes, and a strong culture of community engagement. Employees benefit from a dynamic, growth-oriented setting that values challenge, recognition, creativity, and ambition, and fosters collaboration through supportive colleagues and coaching managers.

Responsibilities include:

• Build direct partner relationships and collaborate with extended teams to drive the Mid-Market partner strategy generating new sales, renewals, and joint demand generation in Mid-Market territories.

• Maintain deep knowledge of Cisco’s product portfolio and industry trends to deliver the "One Cisco Story" and inform strategic execution.

• Lead partner-facing engagements and strategic initiatives with channel partners and distributors, with flexibility for in-person customer meetings as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of B2B sales, partner business development, or channel management experience in a similar or adjacent industry.

• Proven track record of consistently achieving or exceeding key performance indicators (KPIs) and revenue quotas at or above 100%.

• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across diverse internal teams (e.g., Marketing, Engineering, Sales, and Channel) to execute joint GTM initiatives and demand generation programs.

• Experience developing and executing strategic account plans or partner development strategies that have resulted in measurable pipeline growth or territory penetration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing the full sales cycle end-to-end.

• Passion for sales and building positive relationships.

• Strong relationship management skills to build trust and get results with partners and the Velocity team members, as well as sales leaders

• Experience using digital selling tools

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.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $134,900.00 to $184,300.00 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:

$172,200.00 - $250,200.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$155,700.00 - $225,000.00

* 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.