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. Meet the TeamJoin Cisco's Infrastructure Engineering organization, where you'll support a Vice President and partner with engineering leaders across a global, collaborative team. Together, you'll help enable operational excellence and support the execution of key business priorities that drive Cisco's innovative networking technologies. Your ImpactIn this role, you will provide high-level administrative support to one or more Vice President-level leaders by managing complex calendars, coordinating domestic and international travel, and planning executive meetings and events. You will build strong partnerships across Cisco while serving as a trusted advisor who anticipates executive needs, resolves challenges proactively, and ensures priorities are executed efficiently. Success in this role requires exceptional organization, sound judgment, discretion with confidential information, and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment. + Manage complex executive calendars, meeting logistics, and scheduling across multiple time zones to optimize executive productivity. + Coordinate domestic and international travel, prepare travel briefings and itineraries, and ensure seamless execution of executive engagements. + Plan and execute executive meetings, team events, offsites, workshops, and speaking engagements by managing agendas, logistics, communications, and follow-up activities. + Build collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders while serving as a trusted point of contact for executive communications and confidential matters. + Support operational excellence by managing expense reports, special projects, technology adoption, records management, and administrative best practices.
- Minimum Qualifications
- + 4+ years of administrative support experience in a corporate environment.
+ 2+ years of experience supporting Director-level or above leaders. + Experience managing complex executive calendars, scheduling, and meeting coordination across multiple time zones. + Experience coordinating domestic and international travel, including itinerary management and travel logistics. + Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools (such as Outlook, Teams, Webex, or similar platforms) to support executive operations.
- Preferred Qualifications
- + Experience supporting Vice President-level executives in a fast-paced, global organization.
+ Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with executives and cross-functional stakeholders. + Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and proactively solve problems. + Experience planning executive events, offsites, and cross-functional meetings while building collaborative relationships across teams.
- 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. 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.
- Message to applicants applying to work in the U.
S. and/or
Canada:
- The starting salary range posted for this position is $97,700.00 to $129,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation
- , equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. 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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. 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. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: + .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; + 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; + 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and + Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$97,700.00 - $169,400.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $90,200.00 - $135,900.00
- For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
- Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
