Cisco

Account Executive, Portfolio - SLED - Iowa

Cisco$221K — $288K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of sales experience in networking, security, unified collaboration, data center, software, and cloud services.
  • BS or BA degree or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in effective account management processes including forecasting and achieving quotas.

Responsibilities

  • Drive sales achievement through account and resource planning.
  • Accurately forecast monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue streams.
  • Analyze customer financials to assess needs and drive business planning.
  • Collaborate with Public Sector Account Managers and Systems Engineers to enhance sales processes.
  • Position a diverse technology product portfolio in local governments and K-12 systems.
  • Lead cross-functional resources as part of the extended team to achieve sales goals.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
  • Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Flexible vacation policy for exempt employees, with no defined limit on vacation time.
  • 16 days of paid vacation per year for non-exempt employees, with additional wellness and personal time off opportunities.
  • Optional paid days for volunteering.
  • Grants of Cisco restricted stock units.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 09/06/2026
Candidate must be living in or willing to relocate to Iowa

Your Impact
You will work with an incredible team of Public Sector Account Managers and partner with a hard-working group of Systems Engineers who share the same passion. This is an account management position focused on Local Governments and K-12 Systems. You'll play a pivotal role in the sales process and position a large portfolio of technology products and services. You'll help advance Public Sector Sales and make our customers lives better and easier by effectively selling across all levels and you will deliver large strategic wins using a go to market sales model driving business relevant/customer value selling and exceeding goals.
  • You will drive sales achievement focusing on account and resource planning and allocation to drive sales attainment numbers.
  • You will accurately forecast your monthly, quarterly and annual revenue streams; driving growth.
  • You will analyze your customers' financials to understand their needs assessing consumption models needs per customer while driving business planning and goal attainment.


Minimum Qualifications
  • 3+ years experience selling in areas such as networking, security, unified collaboration, data center, software and cloud services.
  • BS or BA degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Validated experience in processes for successful account management including forecasting, quota over achievement, sales presentations, short term, mid-term and long-term opportunity management.


Preferred Qualifications
  • You are self-starter that will build executive relationships and articulate Cisco's product/services/business strategies, creating demand and close deals.
  • You've successfully worked with complex technical solutions including calling on key decision makers and all other technical and business influencers.
  • You have the ability to negotiate solutions and resolve issues with peers, partners and customers employing a Win/Win philosophy.
  • You have experience in building executive relationships with multiple named accounts while providing insight and strategy around how Services-Led customers go-to-market, mapping our solutions to our customers priorities.
  • You have demonstrated ability to sell within traditional IT hierarchy as well as non-IT business units - particularly around how Cisco can enable our customer's service delivery.
  • You are able to engage and lead cross-functional/virtual resources as part of extended team. Excellent presentation skills required.
  • You have confirmed negotiation skills, are a self-starter, and a strong closer. Understanding of large business organizations and their buying cycles is preferred.
  • Excellent communicator with expertise in building/leading large sales teams.


The starting salary range posted for this position is $221,400.00 to $288,200.00 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.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
  • 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
  • Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
  • Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
  • Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer


For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:
$256,100.00 - $374,900.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$236,900.00 - $373,000.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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