Client Director

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  • Location:
    San Francisco, California, US
  • Alternate Location
    Bay Area, CA
  • Area of Interest
    Sales - Product
  • Compensation Range
    390000 USD - 491400 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Cloud & AI (DCN & Compute), Cloud and Data Center
  • Job Id
    1451836
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The application window is expected to close on: October 28th 2025

 

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.  


Meet the Team 

Step into a pivotal leadership role in a growing and dynamic, results-driven sales leadership team at Cisco, dedicated to delivering innovation and driving bottom line growth. 

  

The Americas Service Provider Team is at the forefront of innovation, uniquely positioned to deliver breakthrough solutions that are shaping the future of AI in the marketplace. You will join a select collective of high-performing professionals who thrive on solving the most complex challenges for some of the largest and most strategic service provider customers in the Americas. Our collaborative environment values ownership, creativity, and the pursuit of excellence across every engagement. 

  

This role offers unparalleled exposure to Cisco’s executive leadership, including those driving our global AI strategy. You’ll collaborate with top minds in engineering, product development, supply chain, finance, legal and business operations, ensuring you’re always at the cutting edge of industry trends and technological advancements. Within this dynamic environment, you will help architect and deliver end-to-end solutions—enabling our customers to achieve their ambitious transformation goals. As part of a team that sets the industry benchmark for technical excellence and strategic vision, your contributions will have a direct and lasting impact on Cisco’s leadership in Cloud, AI and next-generation networking. 

 

Your Impact 

As a Client Director for Google, you will be responsible for cultivating and managing important relationships with Google stakeholders. You will help drive the successful execution of key initiatives, collaborating closely with internal teams and customer contacts. Your focus will be on supporting business development, managing customer engagements, and representing Cisco's advanced solutions. You will play a key role in strengthening Cisco's relationship with Google, providing valuable feedback and insights to internal teams to help align our offerings with customer needs. 


Minimum Qualifications 

  • 3+ years of experience in sales or account management within the Cloud, AI, or technology sector. 
  • Experience managing customer relationships and delivering results against defined targets. 
  • Experience working in complex organizations and collaborating across teams. 
  • Understanding of the cloud technology landscape, customer challenges, and industry trends. 
  • Experience communicating technical concepts effectively to business and technical stakeholders. 
  • Demonstrated experience with executive-level selling in complex customer engagements, effectively bridging business acumen with technical depth. 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Strategic Account Support & Complex Sales Mastery: Assist in the development and execution of account growth plans, contributing insights/support to drive business objectives within the dynamic cloud and AI technology sector and  secure new customer opportunities by expertly managing large, intricate sales initiatives across a diverse product portfolio. 
  • Collaborative Solution Development: Work closely with technical teams and internal stakeholders to address customer needs and help shape solutions that deliver meaningful business value. 
  • Technical-Business Integration & Product Influence: Deeply collaborate with engineering and technical stakeholders to strategically influence product roadmaps and optimize customer outcomes. 
  • Forecasting & Account Planning Acumen: Support accurate forecasting and account planning activities, contributing to effective business operations and predictable performance. 
  • Executive Communication & Financial Forecasting Acumen: Articulate complex technical concepts compellingly and concisely to diverse executive audiences, ensuring precise sales and supply chain forecasting for predictable business performance. 

 

 

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. 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 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.

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