Strategy & Planning Manager, Strategic Initiatives

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Meet The Team

The AI Software & Platform Team delivers AI Products so businesses around the world can defend against threats and safeguard the most meaningful aspects of the business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplifying security with zero compromise.

Your Impact

As a Strategy & Planning Manager on the AI Software & Platform Team, you will partner with leadership to define and drive the team's strategic direction and long-term business plans. You will analyze market trends, develop actionable strategies, and measure their success through key metrics. Leading special projects, you will improve operational efficiency by implementing scalable tools and processes. Collaborating cross-functionally, you will ensure the team has the resources and insights needed to meet business goals. You will also champion best practices, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement to support both business outcomes and team growth.

What You'll Do

• Develop and monitor strategic direction and long-term business development plans in alignment with organizational goals.
• Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to drive key initiatives and support business operations.
• Support the development and market adoption of Cisco's AI Products, ensuring alignment with customer and market needs.
• Identify, analyze, and advise on industry and market trends to inform strategy development.
• Recommend, implement, and track operational improvements, assessing metrics to evaluate the impact of new strategies.

Minimum Qualifications :

Bachelors or 5- 8+ years of experience in corporate strategy, business planning, or operational roles, with measurable impact on business outcomes

Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives that achieved quantifiable business growth or operational improvements within defined timelines.

Experience with AI, cybersecurity, SaaS solutions, or enterprise software, including experience in product operations or go-to-market (GTM) execution.

Strong analytical and research skills, with experience developing data-driven models, conducting market research and competitive analysis, and presenting insights to senior leadership.

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, a refined ability to tailor messages to specific audiences in their preferred channels, experience in executive-level advising and interdepartmental collaboration, and excellent relationship-building skills to influence, persuade, and build trust across organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're 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. Simply put - we power the future.

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!

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