Full Time
Posted 9 days ago
Senior Strategy and Planning Manager Cisco
Location San Jose, California, United States
Vacancies: 1
Posted: 20-06-2025
Salary: $170,800 to $225,900
Experience: 2 to 6
Skills: strong leadership and communication skills,strategy development, including project management, business analysis, problem solving, verbal and written communication, consensus building, and people development
Description: The application window is expected to close on: June 27, 2025.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This is a HYBRID role: 1-2 days per week in office at our San Jose location is expected. Relocation services are not available.
Meet the Team:
Our team's charter includes the ongoing development and coordination of Cisco's corporate strategies. Our team partners with Cisco's ELT and senior leaders supporting Cisco's product, engineering, finance, sales, marketing, and others to craft and drive strategy for innovation, growth, profitability, and market leadership. You will work directly with a diverse group of professionals, all committed to driving Cisco's success.
Your Impact:
You will help craft Cisco's business vision and strategy, partnering with Cisco's executive leadership team and senior leaders throughout the company.
As a Strategy and Planning Manager you will:
Drive projects that identify and explore new technologies and business models to extend Cisco’s technology leadership and customer relevance, then lead the decision-making, execution and investments to make those opportunities a reality
Work closely with Cisco business units and cross-functional leadership to formulate long-term strategic priorities and plans related to e.g., organic and inorganic growth strategy, emerging industry trends, competitive dynamics, and internal business performance improvement
Work cross-functionally across external and internal collaborators, partnering closely with Cisco’s product, engineering, finance, sales, marketing and other teams
Become an expert in Cisco’s business and have a deep understanding on the markets we serve and competitors we face
Joining the Corporate Strategy team will give you the chance to explore highly complex problems, gain insight into the strategic issues that are forefront in the minds of the executive leadership team, and establish relationships with people across the entire organization.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
2+ years' experience in a top-tier consulting firm, corporate strategy function, investment bank, or buy side investment function.5+ years overall working experience is expected
Demonstrated strong leadership and communication skills to work with senior executives across various geographies.
Possess a solid understanding of high-tech industry, with demonstrated ability to ramp up quickly in new areas.
You excel in all areas of strategy development, including project management, business analysis, problem solving, verbal and written communication, consensus building, and people development
Strong foundation in corporate finance and proven experience in financial modeling (e.g. cost synergy, DCF analysis) is a plus
Preferred Qualifications:
You hold an MBA degree from a world-class institution or equivalent experience.
You are in the SF Bay Area can relocate on your own. This is an on-site/hybrid role.
Product management experience at a technology firm. You demonstrate the ability to become a future leader and be successful in an unstructured, team environment
You possess strong analytical and financial abilities to work on sophisticated business issues with minimum supervision.
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Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
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. 
