Strategy & Planning Manager
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About the Role
Cisco is hiring a Strategy & Planning Manager to join their sales organization, focusing on protecting and growing recurring software revenue. The role involves strategic planning, data-driven analysis, executive communication, and cross-functional program leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Structure ambiguous business problems, develop strategic plans, and lead initiatives from opportunity identification through execution and measurement
- Perform data driven analysis: Excel modeling, scenario analysis, KPI development, business performance analysis, and translating quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights
- Synthesize complex information into concise, decision oriented narratives, presentations, and recommendations for senior executives
- Influence and drive outcomes across Sales, Customer Success, Product, Finance, and Operations in a global, matrixed organization
Requirements
- 7 years of Sales Strategy, Planning, and Operations or experience with track record of overachieving goals in large tech companies
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, Finance, technology or engineering
- Experience in Corporate Strategy, Strategic Planning, or BizOps role in large tech company (e.g., ServiceNow, Microsoft, Dell, Google)
- Exposure to B2B enterprise hardware & software, SaaS, or platform business models
- Experience in supporting the development of Long Range and Annual Strategic growth plans
- Outstanding communication skills, including written, verbal, and visual (PowerPoint decks, storytelling, data synthesis)
- Experience in framing & structuring business problems, prioritizing efforts, conducting complex quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Fact based and hands on with data and analysis. Able to independently lead Excel modeling, scenario analysis, and KPI development
- Ability to travel domestically or internationally as needed
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Meet the Team
- This is an opportunity to join one of Cisco’s fastest growing sales organizations and directly influence one of the company’s most important priorities: protecting and growing recurring software revenue.
- The role is unique because it is not limited to reporting or traditional business operations. The person will work across the full strategy to execution lifecycle identifying growth opportunities, shaping executive decisions, designing programs, and seeing those programs through to measurable busine
Your Impact
- Ability to structure ambiguous business problems, develop strategic plans, and lead initiatives from opportunity identification through execution and measurement.
- Data driven analysis: Strong capabilities in Excel modeling, scenario analysis, KPI development, business performance analysis, and translating quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights.
- Recurring revenue business acumen: Understanding of enterprise software, SaaS, subscription, renewals, customer retention, and attrition drivers.
- Executive communication and storytelling: Ability to synthesize complex information into concise, decision oriented narratives, presentations, and recommendations for senior executives.
- Cross functional program leadership: Demonstrated ability to influence and drive outcomes across Sales, Customer Success, Product, Finance, and Operations in a global, matrixed organization.
- Experience with business intelligence tools and SQL would be a valuable additional capability but is not required.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7 years of Sales Strategy, Planning, and Operations or experience with track record of overachieving goals in large tech companies
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, Finance, technology or engineering
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Corporate Strategy, Strategic Planning, or BizOps role in large tech company (e.g., ServiceNow, Microsoft, Dell, Google)
- Exposure to B2B enterprise hardware & software, SaaS, or platform business models.
- Experience in supporting the development of Long Range and Annual Strategic growth plans (yearly / half yearly) and developing processes to accelerate timing.
- Outstanding communication skills, including written, verbal, and visual (PowerPoint decks, storytelling, data synthesis).
- Experience in framing & structuring business problems, prioritizing efforts, conducting complex quantitative and qualitative analysis, building an executive level story complete with recommendations
- Fact based and hands on with data and analysis. Able to independently lead Excel modeling, scenario analysis, and KPI development. Solid understanding of business intelligence (BI) tools and SQL a plus
- Ability to travel domestically or internationally as needed
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