Focuses on an architecture within Cisco's portfolio, and drives cross-architecture/enterprise architecture opportunities across the pod.
Shares responsibility for pipeline health and deal coordination across all architectures within their pod.
Owns lead, leveraging partners to drive opportunities forward, with some direct customer interactions for top accounts.
Maintains a comprehensive understanding of Cisco's full product portfolio to deliver the One Cisco Story and educate partners.
Analyses data and submits legal forecasts to set weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales commitments.
Stays informed about industry trends, market dynamics, and competitive landscapes.
Virtual-based, though may travel in market 1-2 times per quarter for critical opportunities, top accounts, and top partner meetings
Specialization and Focus -
Owns lead generation, demand generation, and qualification activities for a defined subset of Cisco architecture or service bookings.
Grows new and existing accounts through up/cross selling and demand generation. Supports direct sellers and solution selling
Customer Engagement and Accountability -
Focuses opportunities within a specific technology, service, or vertical. Influences customer/Partner solutions and buying decisions.
Splits time between customers and Cisco internal teams
The Internal Sales Process -
Spends most of time in the proposal stage, helping the sales team, partners and customers understand the technology and design solutions that will meet the customers needs.
Following the sales process, this role will hand off the account team
Corporate Interlock - No corporate interlock (no time with the BU's)
Typical Sales Cycle - Medium-High Sales Complexity. Average length of deal is 3 to 6 months. Typical deal size is $50K to $250K
Success Measures - Goal achievement is measured on achieving:
Sales dollars and growth targets, customer satisfaction, funnel build and conversion, forecast accuracy
Increased revenue for their architecture through increasing market share

What You'll Do

Manages complex opportunities with partners across a shared set of accounts within a pod
Cultivates collaboration across the pod to stay informed and identify when to engage team members at any given time to maximize opportunities
Strengthens relationships with iAE team members within the pod and partners
Leads cross-architecture initiatives to optimize strategic opportunities across the pod
Engages and manages accounts using RAD data and AI tools to drive customer acquisition and retention through effective cross-pod coordination
Develops in-depth understanding of customer(s), product(s), organization, industry, challenges, to align Cisco's solutions with decision-makers; researches other relevant solutions as required
Empowers partners with market analysis and strategic support to enhance opportunity targeting and build a pipeline
Provides partners with tools and resources to conduct targeted outreach to potential customers
Serves as a trusted advisor to partners, collaborating on selling strategies to close deals
Leverages outbound marketing campaign content and insights to aid partners in tailoring outreach efforts
Directs partners through complex sales engagements, taking full responsibility for the process from lead identification through closing to achieve sales objectives
Collaborates with partners and cross-functional teams to support design and proposal of advanced, customized solutions that address nuanced customer needs
Uses standard and occasional non-standard methods to describe Cisco's solution value and address customer challenges in discovery conversations
Ensures real-time updates across deal stages, legal forecasts, and key customer interactions through consistent virtual connection with partners
Collaborates with finance to accelerate deal closure and resolve complex issues
Influences partners and team members by shaping strategies and providing Networking portfolio expertise
Operationalizes knowledge sharing, leveraging informal and formal channels to foster collaboration and drive a culture of continuous learning and innovation amongst partners and the pod

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors + 5 years of related experience, or

Masters + 3 years of related experience, or

PhD + 0 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications: Varies based on the team and business needs | Preferred Qualifications are desired education, experience, and skills that are in addition to Minimum Qualifications.

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY FOR EMPLOYEES IN AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY & NETHERLANDS

Why Cisco

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.

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.

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Inside Account Executive - Architecture