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CSE leader 

What you’ll do

• Engage with Sales, Partners, and customers to drive the value proposition of Cisco’s Customer Success motion for high-touch accounts
• Work with CS leadership to set India Theatre’s overall CS vision and strategic plan in line with the global strategy
• Be an inspirational role model by challenging and enhancing the strength of the Customer Success Executive team and aligning their efforts to the vision and strategic plan
• Lead and scale a team of senior Customer Success Executives within India
• Build a strong interlock with Sales, CX Delivery and Renewals to provide an industry-leading customer experience for Cisco customers on their adoption journey
• Develop strong relationships with all key stakeholders through advisory and inclusion
• Drive increases in usage, improvement in health scores, and NPS leading to drive growth in annual recurring revenue
• Empower and encourage them through effective communication and leadership
• Advocate innovation and effectively lead through change
• Ensure close collaboration with Sales and Renewals leaders to build a pipeline of Renewals and expansion opportunities.
• Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive operational excellence in customer and/or partner engagement
• Work with CX leadership to improve and accelerate the CS motion and share best practices across technologies & programs
• Regularly educate internal and external audiences about the Customer Success motion 
• Manage feedback loops to internal Cisco entities including BE, Sales, and CS Leadership, and have influence into global programs 

Who You'll Work With

Customer Success Executive (CSE) Leader role is a highly transparent, strategic leadership role within Cisco’s Customer Experience (CX) organization. We build deep relationships with customer senior leadership, partners and the extended Cisco account team members in achieving their goals. With the transformation to software subscription, CX is essential, we are writing a history and you can contribute to and help craft this ambitious journey we are on.

You’ll work closely with India Theatre CX Leadership Team and your Sales leadership colleagues, enabling them to make effective and informed decisions on CX lifecycle and offers while we transform Cisco's overall sales and go-to-market approach. You'll build a strong network of cross-functional partners across CX, and Cisco to help our business grow profitably.

You will develop and lead a high-performing team within India Theatre’s Customer Experience organization which exists to make Cisco's customers successful across the customer life cycle. You will know your customers’ needs well and can help develop your team, so they delight our customers.

As CSE leader, we are ultimately accountable for successful adoption and value realization for the products and services our customers have purchased. You will:

• Deeply understand Customer business goals, environment, challenges and operational maturity
• Build and nurture strong Customer executive relationships to develop a holistic and deep view of the immediate needs and current programs
• Leads customer success motion from onboarding to business value realization (optimize)
• Post-sales orchestration of all company wide and Partner resources (People and assets like, webinars, workshops, etc.) to provide a unified path to Customer Success
• Lead Quarterly Success Review

Who You Are

An experienced executive leader, with strong experience of both leading teams through transformation and a passion for customer delight, you have proven ability to set a vision, excite, and lead a cross-functional team to deliver strong outcomes. You know your customers and you excel at translating their business requirements into a successful and profitable business. You passionately advocate for customers, and you are obsessed with customer success.

You are an excellent teacher and mentor to your team. You can convey the most sophisticated concepts in the simplest of terms. You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and multi-cultural business environment and you can work with a range of sensitive and confidential issues.

At a minimum, we require:

• 15+ years of customer-facing experience in the IT industry
• 5+ years in a role leading & developing high performing teams
• Intimate knowledge of the customer success motion and how it adds value to our customers and Cisco
• Experience with the development and execution of both strategic and operational plans
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong customer and internal stakeholder relationships
• Excellent executive-level communication and presentation skills including experience of presenting in front of large audiences
• Experience leading Customer Experience transformation work or Customer Success programs
• Experience building positive relationships and influencing others
• Success leading and coordinating teams to ensure perfect engagements with clients, partners, and sales teams
• Ability to shift from developing high level strategies to effective execution, influencing at every level and driving decisions through appropriate collaboration
• Comfortable working in a highly matrixed and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Expert consultant who advises team members on strategies and standard methodologies
• Motivates, encourages and continually develops team members while managing conflict effectively.

Why Cisco

At Cisco, each person brings their unique talents to work as a team and make a difference.

Yes, our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns, but our edge comes from our people.

We connect everything - people, processes, data, and things - and we use those connections to change our world for the better.

We innovate everywhere - From launching a new era of networking that adapts, learns, and protects, to building Cisco Services that accelerate businesses and business results. Our technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education, and more - from Smart Cities to your everyday devices.

We benefit everyone - We do all of this while striving for a culture that empowers every person to be the difference, at work and in our communities.

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