Strategy & Planning Director

The application window is expected to close on: 10/08/2026

Cisco is seeking a senior leader to join our Portfolio Strategy team. In this pivotal role, you will engage directly with C-suite executives at leading organizations, delivering strategic messaging and connecting Cisco’s vision to real-world technical solutions for our largest customers as they embrace AI and next-generation infrastructure. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong track record of executive influence, deep expertise in enterprise technology, and outstanding communication skills.

Travel is required. Join us and make an impact on Cisco’s most influential team!

As a senior member of the Portfolio Strategy team, this role has a significant impact by building and nurturing trusted relationships with Cisco’s executive leadership and C-suite leaders at top customer organizations. By collaborating cross-functionally with product, sales, and partner teams, the position plays a key role in identifying and shaping high-value opportunities among Cisco’s largest customers. The role is instrumental in delivering and tailoring Cisco’s strategic messaging for executive stakeholders, ensuring practical alignment with technical implementation.

Additionally, by providing both strategic and technical guidance—including technology roadmaps, solution architectures, and implementation plans, the position helps customer executives translate Cisco’s portfolio into actionable business and technology strategies, driving meaningful outcomes for both Cisco and its clients.

• 15+ years experience in a senior strategy role in a global enterprise tech company
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent combination of skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing C-suite leaders in large, complex organizations.
• Strong collaboration skills within senior technical teams.
• Deep expertise in enterprise technology, digital transformation, and translating vision into technical strategy.
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed.

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.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $ to $ and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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