Client Director - Comcast, NBCU, Sky

Cisco•Philadelphia, PA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Cisco is hiring a Client Director to lead its account team serving Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky, a strategic service-provider relationship. The role leads a dynamic group of Client and Account Executives and supports customer initiatives across Service Provider Infrastructure, Enterprise Network, Service Provider as Partner, and Secure, AI-Ready Data Centers. The team works with customers on secure environments featuring automation, digital resiliency, and observability. This newly created leader-of-leaders role combines executive consulting sales with people leadership to drive sustained, multi-year sales growth. The Client Director serves as Cisco’s lead advisor on secure, AI-ready network and data center infrastructure, partnering with engineering to shape next-generation architectures. The role builds SVP-level relationships across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky, owns the annual account plan, and translates Cisco’s portfolio strategy into execution. It also collaborates with solution and services teams to develop managed and AI-enabled offerings for Comcast’s product organization. The position operates as a player-coach: personally leading strategic pursuits while mentoring the team through complex sales cycles. The position is remote-based, with candidates sought who are located in or willing to relocate to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market. The application window is expected to close on 11/04/2026.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
15+ years of related sales or consulting experience in the technology sector.
4+ years of supervisory or people-leadership experience managing sales teams or account executives.

Nice To Haves

Experience selling into or partnering with a Tier-1 cable/MSO, telecommunications service provider, or media/entertainment account.
Working knowledge of service-provider network architecture, including core, edge, access routing, optical, and automation, and modern network transformation approaches.
Experience advising on secure, AI-ready data center architecture, including GPU/AI infrastructure, automation, and observability for large-scale compute environments.
Knowledge of modern security architecture, such as zero trust, segmentation, and security automation, in a service-provider or large enterprise environment.
A proven track record of developing new managed or AI-enabled services in partnership with product teams and operating in a player-coach capacity to drive strategic pursuits.

Responsibilities

Lead a group of Client and Account Executives supporting Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky.
Drive sustained, multi-year sales growth by combining executive consulting sales with people leadership.
Serve as Cisco’s lead advisor on secure, AI-ready network and data center infrastructure.
Partner with engineering to shape next-generation architectures.
Build SVP-level relationships across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky.
Own the annual account plan and translate Cisco’s portfolio strategy into actionable execution.
Collaborate with solution and services teams to develop managed and AI-enabled offerings for Comcast’s product organization.
Personally drive strategic pursuits while mentoring the team through complex sales cycles.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Paid holidays
Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
Paid personal wellness days
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
Paid sick time
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
Optional paid volunteer days
Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans
Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants