Cisco Spaces Account Executive
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Location:Bern, Switzerland
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Alternate LocationPortugal, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Spain
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Area of InterestSales - Product
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Job TypeProfessional
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Technology InterestNetworking
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Job Id1447775
Cisco Spaces Account Executive
Who You’ll Work With
Join the global Cisco Spaces team as a rising sales star! We’re looking for professionals who are passionate about technology, enthusiastic about sales, and excited to kickstart their career by working with innovative digital transformation solutions. As a Spaces Account Executive, you’ll work with experienced sales professionals, technical specialists, and diverse account teams to help customers unlock new value through Cisco Spaces.
What You’ll Do
As a Spaces Account Executive, your focus will be on building relationships, learning the sales process, and growing Cisco’s presence in your assigned territory. You’ll gain hands-on experience in technology sales, working closely with mentors and team members to help you succeed and develop your skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and connect with new customers and prospects to introduce them to Cisco Spaces, cameras and sensor-based business outcomes.
- Collaborate with account teams and Architecture Specialists to learn and execute successful sales strategies.
- Develop customised customer presentations and deliver product demonstrations.
- Manage your sales pipeline, forecast opportunities, and track your progress using sales tools like Salesforce.com.
- Partner with technical specialists on Proof of Value (POV) deployments to close new business.
- Build strong customer relationships by listening, understanding needs, and delivering value.
- Participate in team meetings, training, and ongoing learning opportunities to develop your sales and product knowledge.
- Stay curious! Share your enthusiasm for Cisco Spaces at events, on social media, and with your peers.
Who You Are
You’re motivated, eager to learn, and ready to grow your career in sales. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are excited about working with technology that makes a difference. You believe in teamwork, diversity, and being part of something bigger.
Desired Skills & Experience:
- 1+ years of sales or customer-facing experience (internships and grad programs welcome!)
- Exceptional communication skills—comfortable talking to customers and colleagues at all levels
- A strong desire to learn about technology, sales strategies, and digital transformation
- Enthusiasm for teamwork, open feedback, and continuous improvement
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, stay organized, and meet goals
- Willingness to embrace new challenges and take initiative
- Interest in topics like AI, data analytics, smart buildings, hybrid work, IoT, or sustainability is a plus
Why Cisco
At Cisco, we connect everything—people, processes, data, and things. We’re innovators, dreamers, and doers who value creativity, diversity, and bold thinking. As part of our team, you’ll have opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact while working with some of the best minds in technology.
We Are Cisco. Are you ready to launch your Cisco Spaces sales career?
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 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 (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.
