Operating within the Go-To-Market Strategy & Revenue Operations team you will serve as the visionary creator and executor behind the communications strategy and narrative for WW Sales & Marketing teams – weaving a connected story and journey for our teams globally. Your primary stakeholders will be sales and marketing leadership, the strategy & planning teams, and the communications teams within the units.

Role responsibilities

• Develop a global sales & marketing team narrative tied to annual objectives, the broader sales strategy and the Cisco Brand; build out a roadmap to deliver the narrative in an interactive, engaging experience that connects with all levels of the organization
• Build out a communications strategy that enables a meaningful connection between leadership and the teams and vice-versa
• Craft and deliver multi-media communications across multiple channels to all levels of the organization, supporting a variety of priorities such as road tours to meet the teams, All-Hands and Town-Halls, and online communications
• Coordinate with communications teams across the Sales & Marketing unit to drive a consistent cascade of communication to ensure structured follow-up and consistency in the narrative
• Coach and guide Sales & Marketing leaders on communications styles and presentations to ensure development of relevant, effective and engaging global content
• Strong insightful organizational leader who can set a vision and gain organizational dedication to implement in a highly demanding environment

You will work cross-functionally with sales and marketing teams and global communications teams to develop the global narrative, develop all the supporting materials and content, and implement to bring the narrative and story to life.

You are a leader, first and foremost, who is a strong storyteller and can craft and complete a global narrative and drive cross functional and worldwide alignment to deliver on the narrative. A role model of Cisco’s leadership Expectations who can Embody the Brand, Make the Future, Seek to Improve, Team for Results. You have a strong understanding of sales culture and team structures to develop stories and narratives that resonate with a global sales team. You have the determination to own the outcome and be self-motivated and directed.

Education & Experience:

• BA/BS in Marketing, Business, Communications, or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience in communications, multi-media and story-telling experience in an equivalent role
• 10+ years of experience in a creative role owning a large and complex deliverable in an ad agency, production company, design firm with experience in TV and film production, audio recording, and large-scale asset production for global events

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do – you can’t put us in a box!

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

U.S. employees have access 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, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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 pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate 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.