Cisco Hiring For Marketing Strategy Performance Lead at North Carolina Full Time

Join a dynamic team of marketers, data scientists and strategists who deliver the strategy, investments, insights and analytics that support Cisco’s global marketing function.

What You’ll Do:

You will sit at the intersection of data science & central marketing strategy, responsible for creating presentations and synthesizing supporting analysis that will be used by the Chief Marketing Officer and her leaders in making performance-based business decisions.

You will work closely with the various teams within marketing – from brand & events to digital and field marketing – to measure the impact of marketing’s performance and support the central strategy team in ongoing change management as part of our business transformation.  You will also be leading workstreams that translate the impact of Marketing out to the broader Cisco business, incorporating feedback from stakeholders in Sales, Customer Success, and Operations to continually improve our outcomes for our customers.

You will assist in the facilitation of our quarterly and annual strategic planning processes, supporting marketing leadership with insights and analytics to build comprehensive plans across vehicles, tactics and activities.

Who You’ll Work With:

You will join our Marketing Strategy function, a cross-functional team of experts who work together on the highest priority actions for Cisco Marketing.  A desire to collaborate and continually move the business forward is imperative.  You will have key stakeholders within Finance, People & Communities, the Office of the CMO, and each of the respective teams that report into the CMO.

Who You Are

You are a motivated, self-starter who understands how to synthesize data outputs into meaningful, brief presentations or communications used by senior executives.  You enjoy collaborating with peers to make the complex easy to understand for our cross-functional stakeholders.  You bring strong analytical skills and understand marketing performance metrics.  Finally, you should bring strong examples of effective communications and experience thriving in constantly evolving situations.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA in Business, Marketing, or Communications or related experience
• 8+ years of demonstrated marketing experience, with proficiency in data, analytics, and marketing performance.

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.