Director Sales - GES - Chicago, Minneapolis or St Louis

Regional Sales Director

You will be in Global Enterprise Segment (GES) where we lead 500 of Cisco's most strategic accounts. Our responsibility to Cisco's business is great and our responsibility to each other and our culture is greater. We have an unrelenting focus on our customers' success; we are Cisco's growth engine and shape the company's future. Our values Customer-Driven Always, Show Up to Win Every Day, and Harness the Power of Cisco are how we get the job done, and our Win As One mentality embodies the spirit of the journey and how we will show up with each other, partners, and customers.

As a Regional Sales Director in GES, you are a senior leader that is responsible for driving overall growth for Cisco Systems within the named Enterprise Operation. You will have sales leadership responsibilities for a targeted set of strategic accounts (local and global combined). The team consists of Accounts Managers that will report through your direct reports, including Client Executives and Regional Managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Area and Operation Strategy & Execution Priorities
• Go-to-Market Sales Model
• Customer Engagement & Accountability
• Financial Performance
• Team Development
• One Winning Team Engagement and Leading Change

This Director will strategically drive Cisco's end-to-end vision for our Global customers and maintain an in-depth understanding of competitive conditions, industry practices, market opportunities, and customer requirements. In addition to leading "one winning team," the Director will work closely and cross-collaboratively with Cisco's most senior executives within Customer Advocacy, Technology Business Units, and Cisco's Executive Sales team. Inclusive of its global responsibilities, this is one of the largest, most visible and complex roles within Cisco's Enterprise Sales Organization. This key leadership role will continue developing our sales delivery model through the capability development of our highly talented and motivated sales organization. Setting a vision and building strategic business decision-making capability to the next level will be a significant factor for success in this position. The candidate will motivate, inspire, and continually develop his / her teams and channel partners while taking on new competitors as Cisco continues to gain market share outside its dominating data networking core.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

At Cisco, we are 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 $352,800.00 to $468,000.00 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 :

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

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.