The application window is expected to close on: 09/28/2026
Your ImpactDefine and execute partner market-readiness strategies across the Splunk Security portfolio to reduce time to market and accelerate partner-led growth. Drive readiness for new products, major releases, and strategic capabilities by ensuring partners have the programs, enablement, messaging, tools, demos, commercial models, and operational processes required for launch and scale. Identify and resolve readiness gaps that affect a partner's ability to position, transact, demonstrate, deploy, or support Splunk Security solutions. Develop repeatable go-to-market motions and partner-specific sales plays across resellers, MSPs, MSSPs, GSIs, and other strategic partner types. Measure success through partner activation, productivity, pipeline, customer acquisition, and the adoption of scalable partner motions.
Minimum Qualifications- 7+ years of experience in product go-to-market, channel or partner strategy, sales operations, business operations, product management, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience supporting product launches, partner programs, sales motions, or market-readiness initiatives.
- Experience working in SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud, data, or another complex enterprise technology market.
- Experience working with one or more partner business models, including resellers, managed service providers, managed security service providers, global systems integrators, or distributors.
- Experience using business metrics and reporting to measure program performance, including partner activation, pipeline, customer acquisition, or revenue growth.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience developing and scaling MSP and MSSP go-to-market motions, including commercial models, operational readiness, and partner profitability.
- Experience translating complex technical capabilities into partner messaging, customer outcomes, use cases, competitive positioning, demos, and sales tools.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with Product Management, Sales, Channel, Marketing, Enablement, Finance, Engineering, and Operations.
- Ability to create clarity and structure in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution.
- Strong communication, analytical, project-management, and stakeholder-influence skills.
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Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $169,300.00 to $237,200.00 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:
$194,600.00 - $328,600.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$179,000.00 - $294,000.00
* 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.
