Sales Enablement Manager

Cisco • Durham, NC

4d • $115,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Join our dynamic Sales Enablement team, a pivotal group dedicated to empowering our sales organization. We are committed to design, scale, and execute customer-centric enablement programs that drive seller readiness, differentiated customer conversations, and measurable business impact across a highly matrixed environment. As a Sales Enablement Manager, you will · own the end-to-end enablement for Networking Specialists, from strategy and curriculum design through execution, measurement, and optimization. Driving global enablement programs that scale effectively while remaining aligned to regional business priorities. You will partner closely with Sales Engineers, Product Marketing, Marketing, and SMEs to ensure enablement reflects the latest messaging, positioning, and collateral. Always leveraging AI and enablement tools to improve seller productivity and scale best practices. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the capabilities and impact of our sales force through strategic enablement leadership, fostering a culture of learning that empowers our teams to achieve and exceed their goals.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in sales enablement, sales operations, or sales leadership, ideally within networking or enterprise technology.
• Strong understanding of the Networking portfolio (switching, routing, wireless, Platform, AgenticOps) and related software.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a global, matrixed environment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience in a quota-carrying sales role selling Networking solutions (e.g., switching, routing, wireless, software).
• Background in Networking, Security, or Enterprise Technology.
• Experience scaling enablement programs across large sales organizations.
• Instructional design experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end enablement for Networking Specialists, from strategy and curriculum design through execution, measurement, and optimization.
• Driving global enablement programs that scale effectively while remaining aligned to regional business priorities.
• Partner closely with Sales Engineers, Product Marketing, Marketing, and SMEs to ensure enablement reflects the latest messaging, positioning, and collateral.
• Always leveraging AI and enablement tools to improve seller productivity and scale best practices.
• Become proficient in Cisco's enablement ecosystem, including MindTickle, Seismic, Digital Sales Rooms, Sales AI Agent, Imparta, Articulate Rise, and related learning tools.
• Embed AI into daily workflows and help sellers adopt best practices that improve customer engagement and efficiency.
• Drive adoption and effective usage of enablement platforms across the sales organization.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees