Cisco

Leader, Solutions Engineer

Cisco • $217K — $274K *
Boston, MA 02115Hybrid
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years industry experience.
  • Experience in developing local knowledge of business economics and industry trends.
  • Executive communication and presentation skills.
  • Pre-sales Systems Engineering experience strongly desired.
  • Must have 5+ years implementing Cisco or similar technology solutions.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and collaborative abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical direction and business guidance to the sales team.
  • Drive revenue through effective account and resource planning.
  • Develop and maintain a team of high-performing Systems Engineers.
  • Create a technical resource plan and prioritize team opportunities.
  • Monitor and measure team progress against business goals and adjust strategies as necessary.
  • Facilitate communication between customers and internal teams to meet requirements.
  • Advocate for continuous customer experience improvement.

Benefits

  • Collaborative and supportive work culture.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
  • Engagement in innovative projects and solutions.
  • Support for local region's business units.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 06/22/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

SLED New England Solution Engineering Leader

Preferred location Boston/Boxborough MA, Providence RI, Stamford CT

What You'll Do

You will provide technical direction and business guidance to the operation sales team. You will drive revenue through account planning, resource planning and allocation. You will actively develop and maintain a team of high-performing SEs and continually seek creative methods for improving team performance. You will help meet operational revenue goals by driving creative programs and leading day to day activities. You will lead and grow systems engineering team talent and expertise and learn how to build a territory plan by compiling SE feedback and adding knowledge of market demand. You will create a technical resource plan for territory and collaborate with RM to prioritize and target team opportunities; review quantitative information to identify and explain trends. You will understand mechanisms for establishing team capacity, improving team performance and align resources to deliver on commitments and get results.
  • Lead team to technical account strategies that align to customer business requirements and goals; assign resources appropriately
  • Assist in qualified partner identification where appropriate
  • Monitor and approve requests for customer-focused pre-sales resources
  • Track and report team metrics for a given opportunity
  • Monitor and measure team progress against business plan and recommend changes as needed
  • Interact with business units to provide support for local region
  • Lead multi-functional projects within area of responsibility
  • Facilitate communications and understanding of customer requirements between customers, corporate, and the field
  • Actively seek feedback on self; recognize own capabilities and take initiative to continually improve
  • Advocate for continual improvement in customer experience to increase brand loyalty for Cisco
  • Understand drivers of customer satisfaction, strive to improve customer experiences and maintain and monitor high levels of customer satisfaction in assigned territory.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 8+ years industry experience
  • Ability to develop team members' capabilities in support of individual career goals and team objectives


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in developing local knowledge of business economics and trends of various industries and vertical markets, and how Cisco solutions add financial and strategic value
  • Advanced understanding of internetworking industry trends, including new products and solutions. Can articulate trade-offs between Cisco and competitor products
  • Understand the customer's business model and has experience driving account and resource planning for region. Actively collaborate with Regional Manager to track plans and course correct as necessary. Communicate a clear vision and strategy for the account that inspires and empowers the team to execute within a common framework
  • Understand the value of standard methodologies and apply methodologies and other tools to drive business results
  • Build the capabilities needed to deliver the team's short and long term goals, including identification and development of a strong pipeline of the best talent from both internal and external pools
  • Executive communication and presentation skills

To be considered for this role, you must live in the New England area.
  • Pre-sales Systems Engineering experience strongly desired
  • Must have 5+ years in our industry with proven experience selling/crafting/implementing Cisco solutions or similar technology solutions: Routing & Switching, Security, Data Centre, Cloud, Automation, Application Analytics, Unified Communications & Collaboration.
  • Experience leading a team of people or leading a project from start to completion.
  • A strong background in a broad range of solutions, with the ability to link a business-relevant solution message across Cisco's full technology stack.
  • Motivated self-starter that focuses on the success of the broader team while continuously finding ways to help other teammates.
  • Demonstrated collaborative skills, working effectively within a cross-functional organization both internally and externally.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and strong presentation skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills: ability to assess a problem and determine an effective course of action.
  • Industry-recognized certification is helpful.

About Cisco

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Size
79,500 employees
Market Cap
$194.5 billion
Industry
Telecommunications & Hardware
Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
NASDAQ
CSCO
* Ladders Estimates

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