Senior Strategy & Planning Lead - AI-Driven Sales Incentives

Cisco; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 114,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Strategy & Planning Manager - Sales Incentives to translate vision into strategic goals and enterprise-wide AI-enabled initiatives. You will form insights from data, advise executives, and lead cross-functional planning using advanced analytics and AI-driven signals. This remote role is open to qualified U.S.

candidates. The position emphasizes developing business plans, modeling scenarios, and aligning resources with strategic priorities, while embedding AI into daily

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience using data and business insights to support planning, forecasting, scenario analysis, or strategic decision-making.
• Experience managing workstreams independently and delivering against objectives and timelines.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders to gather inputs and deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drives AI-augmented modeling to support S&P priorities.
• Provides regional or global S&P support for scenario modeling and competitive analysis.
• Surface friction or divergence in strategic priorities using AI-powered analysis.
• Aligns timing with resources using AI-driven optimization models.
• Identify strategic opportunities and misalignments; connect issues to risks.
• Coordinate across teams to integrate broader perspectives and dependencies.
• Drive improvements to S&P processes with AI-assisted tools.
• Support annual and multi-year planning with planning analytics and AI-driven insights.

Skills

Data analytics

Strategic planning

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-driven insights

Tools

BI tools

AI tools

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Strategy & Planning Manager - Sales Incentives to translate vision into strategic goals and enterprise-wide AI-enabled initiatives. You will form insights from data, advise executives, and lead cross-functional planning using advanced analytics and AI-driven signals. This remote role is open to qualified U.S.

candidates. The position emphasizes developing business plans, modeling scenarios, and aligning resources with strategic priorities, while embedding AI into daily