Leader, Global Services Sales Growth Enablement

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  • Location:
    Offsite, RTP, North Carolina, US
  • Alternate Location
    Any US location
  • Area of Interest
    Sales - Services, Solutions, Customer Success
  • Compensation Range
    155300 USD - 227300 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Services & Software
  • Job Id
    1449104

The application window is expected to close on: 9/10/25

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

Successful candidate will be located in the US.

Meet the Team

The GSS Enablement Team is a pivotal function within Cisco's Global Sales & Services organization, dedicated to empowering our global direct and partner sales force with the knowledge, skills, and tools essential for improving services growth. We are the architects of sales readiness, translating strategic GTM initiatives into impactful learning experiences. This team works in close partnership with the GSS Sales Growth GTM team, ensuring that every seller can confidently understand, position, and communicate the immense value of our offerings, making them an indispensable part of every customer solution!

Your Impact

In this role, you will define and lead worldwide sales and services strategy. This includes developing and delivering world-class programs that equip our global field and partner sellers to expertly position and sell Cisco Services, driving significant services growth. This positions will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, encouraging a collaborative culture.

A key differentiator of this role is your ownership of the Services Sales AI strategy! You will serve as a thought leader, identifying and championing high-impact AI use cases to improve seller impact and streamline workflows. Success hinges on strong cross-functional collaboration, ensuring our enablement strategies meet field requirements and contribute to measurable business outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Education, or equivalent work experience.
  • 2 years of experience leading and running high-performing teams, along with 5 years of dynamic experience in sales enablement, learning & development, product marketing, or GTM roles within the technology industry.
  • Deep knowledge of Cisco Services offerings, including foundational support and high-value services.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strategic and creative problem solver with agile decision-making, a curious outlook, and the ability to balance short-term execution with long-term vision.
  • Proven expertise in defining and executing global services sales enablement strategies, with a deep understanding of field sales, services adoption, and sales methodologies.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience applying AI technologies to improve sales enablement and efficiency.
  • Outstanding communication, persuasion, and presentation skills, coupled with tight-knit collaboration abilities to form relationships, break down silos, and develop inclusive team environments.
  • Strong programmatic and organizational capabilities, with a focus on data-driven execution and measurable progress.

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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