Executive Communications Manager for Americas Sales
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Location:Offsite, RTP, North Carolina, US
Area of InterestMarketing and Communications
Compensation Range135000 USD - 170200 USD
Job TypeProfessional
Technology Interest*None
Job Id1442941
Rem ote United States
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Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
You will support the Americas Senior Vice President and work closely with the Americas Sales communications team. You will also partner across our global Sales communications team and the company to ensure messaging alignment. The Americas Sales Communications team is focused, fast-paced, adaptable, and looking for fun and creative ideas. We use data and storytelling to communicate our company vision and strategy to internal and external audiences.
Your Impact
As communications manager, you will create clear, compelling, and innovative strategy and field communications for the Americas. You will collaborate with sales leaders, managers, and executives, forming strong relationships across the business while supporting the Americas and reinforcing sales priorities across a global team. This role is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive communications plan tailored to the goals of Americas Sales to make sellers more effective and our customers successful.
You are a writer and storyteller at heart, and you are curious about what is happening in the technology industry and around the world. You are high-energy, creative and have experience in building strong relationships with a highly matrixed group of stakeholders. You demonstrate an excellent understanding and thinking across multiple communications disciplines, as well as a strong knowledge of the business and broader global affairs. You have experience advising/working directly with senior executives, are a strong collaborator, and can partner globally across a mix of constituents and organizations. You are proactive, have a strong point of view and are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities include:
Execute a strategic communications plan for Americas sales advance business priorities and deliver customer outcomes.
Create impactful messaging that informs sellers and engages customers.
Create content that enables the Americas to achieve business objectives - including a thought leadership platform, messaging, keynotes, presentations, strategic and organizational communications deliverables - to meet the needs of difference audiences (external & internal)
Design and deliver scalable communications that equip sellers with essential content, tools, and information they need to excel in their roles.
Implement and manage communication vehicles to ensure effective delivery to sellers.
Gather feedback and synthesize learnings into insights that inspire sellers and deliver customer outcomes.
Work in partnership with the Sales and Marketing Leadership Team (SMLT) communications team, business leads, and key functions to integrate and align messaging.
Develop and manage social media strategy.
Demonstrate consistent communications excellence while executing flawlessly.
Minimum Qualifications
10+ years of related Communications experience and a Bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, or related field
5+ years internal/external communications in varied disciplines, such as organizational communications, executive communications, and public relations
Experience supporting VP+ level executives required for consideration
Ability to travel (10 - 20%) (domestic and international)
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. Simply put - we power the future.
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees haveaccess (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/careers/we-are-cisco/benefits-and-perks.html) to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
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Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
