Cisco

Leader, Sales - SLED

Cisco$348K — $439K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 12 years of related experience
  • 2+ years of leadership experience
  • Proven experience in managing a portfolio of accounts
  • Strong analytical skills for reviewing business plans and forecasting data
  • Experience in tech startups with a focus on team building and market territory development

Responsibilities

  • Engages specialist teams to enhance sales processes
  • Builds and drives sales funnel opportunities to completion
  • Presents business plans and forecasts to senior leadership
  • Stays informed about industry trends and competitive landscapes
  • Leads account teams managing broad portfolios or product-specific architecture teams
  • Responsible for achieving sales growth and profitability
  • Directs resource utilization in line with global corporate guidance
  • Implements consistent execution of sales strategies across teams

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career development through leadership and team-building experience
  • Dynamic work environment focused on innovation and market adaptation
  • Access to industry insights and trends that inform strategic planning
  • Collaboration with specialist teams to enhance sales effectiveness
  • Work with senior leadership and influence data-driven decision making
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 07/24/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact
  • Engages specialist teams to enhance the sales process, particularly in areas where deep technical expertise is required.
  • Builds the sales funnel through opportunity development and drives opportunities through to sales completion to achieve revenue goals.
  • Reviews business plans and forecasting data and presents to senior leadership to shape data driven account strategies
  • Stays informed about industry trends, market dynamics, and competitive landscapes
  • Typically leads an account team managing a broad portfolio, and/or teams managing product specific architecture teams
  • Accountable for sales growth across multiple years for particular product(s), portfolio(s) or region(s)
  • Manages to financial and strategic objectives including growth, profitability, entering new markets or launching new product lines
  • Directs resource utilization in accordance with strategic sales priorities and based on guidance from global corporate leadership
  • Reviews forecasts and other sales data to suggest and remediate any sales tactics, offers aggregated feedback from multiple accounts to influence sales planning
  • Oversees consistent execution of sales strategies by streamlining processes and aligning team efforts across field, partner and virtual teams
  • Leads team in competitive analysis and planning, translating insights into actionable tactics
  • Refreshes as needed, or refines customer success metrics that align with typical sales tactics deployed by own teams
  • Coordinates joint planning sessions between partner, virtual, and field teams for assigned accounts
  • Leads skill-building workshops for team members to improve quota attainment
  • Manages executive-level relationships


Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelors + 12 years of related experience
  • 2+ year of Leadership experience


Preferred Qualifications:

Varies based on the team and business needs | Preferred Qualifications are desired education, experience, and skills that are in addition to Minimum Qualifications.
  • Tech start up exp - building a team and territory

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Size
79,500 employees
Market Cap
$194.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
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