Strategy and Planning Manager

Cisco Systems, Inc.•Research Triangle Park, NC

37d•Remote

About The Position

As a Strategy and Planning Manager, you will work within a team that coordinates content and deliverables across the Networking Sales portfolio-including Enterprise Networking, Meraki, Industrial IoT, and ThousandEyes-ensuring executive-ready narratives that reflect key business priorities and performance. You'll work closely with cross-functional collaborators and drive deep-dives into critical business challenges identified by senior leadership, conducting root cause analyses and delivering clear, data-driven recommendations to accelerate growth. Your ability to craft compelling presentations will help communicate insights and actions to senior leaders. You'll also take the lead on sophisticated, ad-hoc analytical projects, partnering with analytics teams to define problems, identify key data, and translate insights into business results. Supporting the strategic planning process, you'll identify long-term opportunities and risks, gather external perspectives, and compose planning timelines and roadmaps. By developing critical metrics and tracking outcomes, you'll ensure our strategies drive impact and accountability across the organization.

Requirements

10+ years' experience in technology, including 5+ years in strategy & operations leadership or senior management consulting roles
3+ years in data analysis and translating data into business strategy
3+ years presenting to executive and mid-level audiences

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated success in achieving measurable business outcomes (e.g., revenue, efficiency)
Consistent record in on major cross-functional projects
Strong initiative, organizational, and detail orientation skills
Prior consulting experience at a top-tier strategy consultancy
MBA or equivalent experience from a top business school
Demonstrated strategic and innovative thinking, with external awareness and adaptability to market transitions
Outstanding skills in strategic influencing, creative problem-solving, conflict resolution, and team building
Experience selling or supporting complex solutions

Responsibilities

Coordinate content and deliverables across the Networking Sales portfolio
Ensure executive-ready narratives that reflect key business priorities and performance
Work closely with cross-functional collaborators
Drive deep-dives into critical business challenges identified by senior leadership
Conduct root cause analyses
Deliver clear, data-driven recommendations to accelerate growth
Craft compelling presentations to communicate insights and actions to senior leaders
Lead sophisticated, ad-hoc analytical projects
Partner with analytics teams to define problems, identify key data, and translate insights into business results
Support the strategic planning process
Identify long-term opportunities and risks
Gather external perspectives
Compose planning timelines and roadmaps
Develop critical metrics and tracking outcomes
Ensure strategies drive impact and accountability across the organization