Account Executive - Education

Meet the Team

The Cisco team is a safe and inclusive environment where hard-working people develop their skills and are recognized for the phenomenal things they do. We celebrate success, learn from our failures and trust each other. We embrace diversity of background and opinion in everything we do.

We are looking for a Higher Education Sector Team Lead whose responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement Higher Education vision, sales strategies and plans to exceed sales targets
• Analyze market trends, identify opportunities, and develop action plans to capitalize on them
• Forecast sales, manage budgets, and monitor performance against targets, prioritising key pursuits

• Build and maintain relationships with key Higher Education bodies
• Build and maintain Higher Education Cisco User Communities
• Build commercial strategies to align with the Higher Education Market
• Develop strong Cisco Partner alignment and GTM plans

• Recruit, hire, train, and manage a team of sales representatives
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and performance management to sales team members
• Set clear expectations, goals, and objectives for the sales team
• Motivate and inspire the sales team to achieve peak performance

• Oversee and actively participate in key sales activities, including client meetings, presentations, and negotiations
• Monitor sales performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions
• Ensure the sales team adheres to company policies, procedures, and ethical standards

• Deep sector knowledge in the Higher Education and Research Market
• A credible network in the Higher Education Market
• A track record showing an ability to influence C suite executives in the Higher Education Market
• Proven track record in thought leadership in the Higher Education Sector, with focus on digital transformation, technology trends and innovation
• Solid understanding of Cisco’s portfolio and selling Cisco solutions at the C‑Suite level within customers

• 4+ years’ experience within the Higher Education Sector
• Experienced in managing complex sales cycles, strong skills in managing multiple internal and external stakeholders, drive demand generation, and develop business relationships
• Strong technical and business interest/knowledge with complimentary skills to understand the customers’ business drivers and how technology plays an important role
• Demonstrate the vital skills to negotiate challenges and solutions with peers, partners and customers using a win/win philosophy