Strategy & Planning Manager - Collaboration

Cisco Systems; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Sales Planning & Operations leader to drive growth initiatives and enhance operational efficiency. The role involves strategic planning, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and data-driven analysis to support business scalability. Candidates should have extensive experience in sales strategy and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

80 hours of paid volunteer time annually

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in sales strategy, operations, or management consulting.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive key GTM initiatives and programs.
• Analyze business trends using bookings and pipeline data.
• Communicate effectively with senior executives.

Skills

Communication

Data proficiency

Sales strategy

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 5/30/25.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Candidates in the United States are eligible to apply; no relocation assistance is provided.

Meet the Team

Global Specialists is a dynamic organization where innovation and technology come together to deliver customer outcomes. The Collaboration Sales Strategy & Planning team focuses on driving growth, improving seller efficiency, and ensuring operational effectiveness. We are part of the centralized Global Specialist Strategy and Planning (GSSP) organization that drives strategy, planning, and operations in support of Cisco’s Specialist Sales Teams.

We seek a world-class Sales Planning & Operations leader who can design and execute plans to enable our sales teams. We are looking for a top-tier Collaboration SP&O professional to lead and manage business operations.

Your Impact

You will collaborate with leaders across Sales, Operations, Finance, and Business Units to align strategies and drive growth initiatives. Your responsibilities include:

• Driving key GTM initiatives and programs: Accelerate select initiatives and sales-play programs.
• Strategic Planning: Analyze business trends using bookings, pipeline, and product-specific data to enhance accountability, operational efficiency, and GTM strategies.
• Conducting strategic, data-driven analyses to support growth and scalability of the global business.
• Communicating effectively with senior executives about the Collaboration story, including past achievements and future plans.
• Engaging proactively with cross-functional teams to identify strengths and opportunities, and translating insights into action.
• Developing a growth plan to increase pipeline generation through demand creation, marketing, partners, and building a repeatable sales play engine.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in sales strategy, operations, or management consulting.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, experience with public speaking, partner engagement, executive content creation, and high-level discussions.
• Strong ability to frame and structure business problems, prioritize efforts, perform complex analyses, and craft executive-level recommendations.
• Proven track record partnering with sales leaders to meet growth targets.
• Data proficiency to identify key insights and opportunities for action.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in SaaS revenue operations is preferred.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected categories.

We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records on a case-by-case basis.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities during the application and interview process, as well as in performing essential job functions. Please contact us to request accommodations.

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About the company

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.