Strategic Growth & Planning Manager

Cisco Systems; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a senior strategic planner to lead enterprise-level initiatives across Corporate Strategy & Planning, product management, engineering, and finance. You will translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations for senior leadership and partner across multiple functions to shape long-term growth and value creation.

Responsibilities include framing and solving strategic questions, building robust financial models, and presenting clear insights and recommendations to

Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree with 6+ years in business strategy, corporate planning, finance, or technology product strategy.
• 2+ years post-MBA in management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or strategic tech functions.
• Experience evaluating enterprise technologies (cloud architectures, AI infra, optical networking, silicon) and translating into business value.
• Experience developing and evaluating financial models (P&L, DCF, ROI, scenario analysis) to support decisions.
• Experience synthesizing analyses and presenting recommendations to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic workstreams from problem definition through research, analysis and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Structure ambiguous business questions, evaluate data, develop business cases and strategic frameworks.
• Assess scenarios, trade-offs and investments to inform enterprise decisions.
• Synthesize complex information into clear, defensible recommendations informed by analytics.

Skills

Strategy experience

Financial modeling

Executive presentation

Tech value translation

Education

MBA or equivalent advanced degree

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a senior strategic planner to lead enterprise-level initiatives across Corporate Strategy & Planning, product management, engineering, and finance. You will translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations for senior leadership and partner across multiple functions to shape long-term growth and value creation.

Responsibilities include framing and solving strategic questions, building robust financial models, and presenting clear insights and recommendations to