Strategy & Planning Manager
About The Position
The Strategy & Planning Manager will help translate strategic cybersecurity priorities into actionable operational plans across Cisco's Security and Trust Organization (S&TO). The role works across security, trust, product, and engineering teams to consolidate strategies and priorities across workstreams and give leadership a unified view of priorities and progress. It involves building and coordinating cross-functional teams, influencing leaders without formal authority, and supporting complex decision-making. The manager will develop leadership-ready presentations, scorecards, and decision documents, and own and evolve program governance, success metrics, and definitions of done. Structured frameworks and AI-assisted tools will be used to scale planning, documentation, and coordination.
Requirements
- 8+ years of senior-level experience in technical program management, strategy and operations, or business operations, preferably with exposure to security or engineering.
- Proven experience managing cross-functional programs within Cisco's core business segments, such as Networking, Security, Collaboration, or Cloud Security.
- Ability to influence and build coalitions across engineering, security, and business stakeholders without direct authority.
- Strong systems thinking and ability to create structured frameworks and prioritization models for ambiguous, cross-functional problems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, executive-ready decks, scorecards, and one-pagers.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies or Agile Commit-style operating models and organizational rhythms.
- Domain knowledge in AI, security/vulnerability management, secure software supply chain, or secure build pipeline concepts.
- Experience building or maintaining program dashboards, scorecards, or portfolio-tracking tools.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools to enhance planning, documentation, or coordination.
- Familiarity with business models and processes such as OKRs, KPIs, VSEM, V2MOM, and QBRs.
Responsibilities
- Consolidate program strategies and priorities across Cisco workstreams into a coherent, actionable source of truth for leadership.
- Build and coordinate a cross-functional virtual team and influence mid-to-senior leaders to advance complex decision-making.
- Develop leadership-ready presentations, scorecards, and decision documents under tight deadlines.
- Own and evolve program governance elements, including success metrics and definitions of done.
- Apply structured frameworks and AI-assisted tools to scale planning, documentation, and coordination.
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
- Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock unit grants
- Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days
- Flexible vacation time off for eligible exempt employees
- Paid vacation time for non-exempt employees
- Paid sick time
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional paid volunteer days
- Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
