Sales Business Development Manager - Real Estate, Design & Channel Ecosystem - Mountain & Pacific

Position: Intelligent Sales Business Development Manager - Real Estate, Design & Channel Ecosystem - Mountain & Pacific
The application window is expected to close on: 10/27/2026

This remote role is open to US based candidates and those who live in the Pacific and/or Mountain time zones are preferred. No relocation benefits are available.

Meet the Team The Intelligent Workplace experience & Energy Networking Solutions team within The Global Partner Sales Organization is a high-performing, collaborative group dedicated to driving Cisco’s growth through strategic partner ecosystems. We function as the bridge between innovative technology and the market, ensuring our partners are empowered to deliver premier solutions. This team operates in a fast-paced, innovative environment where we leverage collective expertise to connect people, devices, and systems.

What is most exciting about our team is the opportunity to develop the future of smart work spaces while directly influencing how global enterprises' design, build, and optimize their real estate footprints. Your Impact In this role, you will lead the end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and Partner go-to-market (GTM) strategy for the Intelligent Workplace Experiences (IWE) ecosystem and our broader Energy Networking portfolios across the Americas.

You will architect joint business models that embed Cisco’s smart building technologies into early-stage architectural blueprints to drive scalable revenue via our Ecosystem of Partners. You will manage complex relationships between design firms, Cisco resellers, and Cisco AEs to ensure early visibility and project engagement, while coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure seamless project execution. By serving as the primary subject matter expert, you will accelerate pipeline growth across Cisco’s Networking, Energy Networking Systems, Collaboration, Security, and IoT portfolios.

Ultimately, you will drive success by redefining how the design community interacts with Cisco’s technology to solve real-world workplace challenges, while helping partners develop robust practices in these specialized areas.

Minimum Qualifications 7+ years of professional experience in Sales Business Development, Channel Management, or Strategic Alliances. Prior experience with Cisco portfolio architectures such as Catalyst/Meraki Networking, Collaboration, or Cisco Spaces. Demonstrated history of building and delivering comprehensive Partner Go-to-Market (GTM) business plans for complex technology solutions. Shown success in developing co-sell frameworks between technology vendors, service providers, and channel partners. 5+  years experience managing high-value pipeline and achieving cross-architecture sales bookings conversion  across business enterprise environments.

Strong familiarity with Cisco partner programs, incentive structures, and reseller operating models.

Preferred Qualifications Experience influencing and/or selling to the Architecture, Engineering, Low Voltage communities and/or Commercial Real Estate Existing professional relationships with major architecture/design firms or global real estate advisory services. Strong familiarity with Cisco partner programs, incentive structures, and reseller operating models. Demonstrated ability to engage and influence C-suite stakeholders in large, complex organizational environments. Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond.

We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

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