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This position can be based anywhere in the U.S. Travel will vary with up to 25% travel.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will have the opportunity to craft, implement, and grow an emerging business within Cisco. You will work closely with leading security technologies and develop compelling offerings, and Sales GTM strategy and driving big bets within our customers.

The service creation team is focused on driving long term strategy and successful execution. You will collaborate with cross-functional groups across sales, product management, operations, and marketing to drive the key security and Security strategies and areas of opportunity in Cisco’s Service Providers.

You will collaborate with sales, client executives & delivery teams of partners to deliver the business outcome.

Who You’ll Work With

Join the team transforming how Cisco works with providers and partners to build compelling managed services & as-a-service offerings for Security architectures.

This role is key to supporting the Service Provider sales teams driving and developing the strategy for Security infrastructure, physical and virtual offers, outbound program creation for demand generation of product/solution/software sales go-to-market. Experience in the IT sector and with Security architectures is critical.

Who You Are

• You have a background in high-tech sales or experience in strategy management consulting. The ideal candidate possesses the following key skills:
• You understand the Partner (SP/ITSP/MSP) business models, relationship building and capturing partner mindshare.
• You have an awareness of MSP Industry trends, addressable market, Cisco products, competitive dynamics, and ability to evaluate the applicability of this with partner catalogue and security service offerings.
• You can act as a Trusted Advisor, conceptualize End-to-End service offering, winning themes and build a business case with the Partner.

In addition, you:

• You are a self-starter. You have been performing well in a dynamic environment and possess interpersonal skills to run multiple projects with tight deadlines effectively.
• You have communication skills that drive influence among the senior leaders across a highly matrixed organization.
• Are a customer-facing subject matter authority who focuses on business development, delivering and orchestrating Managed Services offers with large Service Providers.
• You possess experience in the Service Provider routing portfolio, industry standard methodologies, and operational processes.
• You are experienced with solution selling and have a consistent track record of converting engagements into solutions and service sales.
• You engage and build relationships at the client and present complex ideas in succinct yet compelling form that builds urgency to execute the proposed engagement.

Minimum Requirements

• Sales Expertise – 5+ years in the ability to propose solutions, addressing client business issues and objectives using both Cisco and third-party solutions / services in a clear and concise manner. Having worked closely with Cisco and / or key competitors to build managed services offers is preferred.
• Technical Expertise – demonstrated technical expertise in one or more architectures offered via large telcos and MSPs (e.g. SD-WAN, SASE, Security, Campus Networking), academic training or knowledge of Service Provider technologies is required to provide a comprehensive, differentiated, and valuable level of consulting advice to our clients.
• Industry Expertise – demonstrated knowledge of managed service provider business to be conversant enough to present a compelling point-of-view to the client of what work should be undertaken, to help the client’s company achieve ambitious advantage and differentiation. Knowledge of ITIL service management is a plus.
• Delivery Expertise – 10+ years proven experience in the ability to successfully own the delivery of projects, which exceed client expectations in terms of deliverable quality and positive impact to the business.

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!

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.

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.

Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco