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Do you have a passion for early-in-career talent development, recruiting, and operational excellence? We’re expanding Cisco Finance’s LIFT Program to Bangalore, India and are searching for a local program lead.

The Leaders in Finance & Technology (LIFT) Program is a global 2-year learning and development program for recent college graduates who aspire to be future finance leaders. The program is based in Bangalore, India; Krakow, Poland; Raleigh, NC; San Jose, CA.

What you'll do

As part of the LIFT Program Team, you will help manage all aspects of the program in Bangalore, which includes:

• Training - Lead participant training development, tracking and coordination
• Recruiting - pipeline management; Interviewing; Reporting and data analysis
• Performance Management – Coaching LIFT Participants and/or Role Managers when there are performance issues
• Role Evaluations - Document collection, archiving and tracking of participant, manager and role evaluations
• Onboarding - Coordinate and manage logistics of a week-long training event
• Event Planning - Participant and manager update meetings + events focused around recruiting, social, networking, professional development, etc.
• Communications – assist with internal and external marketing of the program
• Compliance & Reporting - Documentation of policies; Database management and metrics; Surveys as needed
• Host 1:1s with program participants
• Represent the LIFT Program Team locally in Bangalore, India by attending in-person meetings & events 3 days per week.

Who you'll work with

The global LIFT Program is a community comprised of our program team, current participants, role managers and program alumni. In this role you’ll work with the entire LIFT community plus leaders throughout Cisco Finance. You will also have the opportunity to work with business partners such as Emerging Talent Recruiting and People & Communities (HR).

The rest of the LIFT Program Team is based in the United States (California and North Carolina), so you’ll need to be willing to take a couple of calls outside of standard business hours each week for team calls and 1:1s.

Who you are

You are a highly motivated, self-starter who is passionate about building a groundbreaking program for our leaders of the future. You have strong communication, collaboration, planning and mentoring skills.

Our minimum requirements for this role:

• Bachelor's Degree in HR, Business Administration or related field with minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• Positive, can-do attitude and craves a challenge
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Proactive and a self-starter with solving business challenges
• Passion for networking and building relationships
• Proven ability to plan and execute effectively while juggling various types of responsibilities
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to consolidate and present data clearly
• Translates data into themes of information that will drive decision-making
• Communicates effectively and timely to all stakeholders of all levels

Also strongly desired:

• Experience with performance management, recruiting, and learning programs
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, organizational and written/oral communication skills
• Experience with project/program management tools
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco