Global Partner Practice Engagement Lead

The application window is expected to close on: April 28th 2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

The Cisco 360 Partner Program team is a global, fast-paced and innovative team driving the current and future face of the Cisco 360 Partner Program for our partners and distributors. Our team's goal is to delight our partners and distributors through driving value, profitability and opportunity for our partners and distributors. This role will sit on the Partner Engagement team, which is focused on driving deeper practices within our partners and distributors, optimizing sales alignment between Cisco and our partner sellers and on ensuring our partners can easily navigate changes.

Your Impact

In this role, you will be leading strategy, building alignment to the plan, and driving execution of how to optimize partner practice investments for mutual success. You will responsible for lead a team that owns end-to-end strategy and execution of next generation activity funds (e.g. marketing funds, MDF funds etc), extended terms benefits, and product access such as not-for-resale for partners and distributors. These benefits are critical to driving alignment at the practice and individual level within our ecosystem.

You will:

* Collaborate across stakeholders to build a strategy by investigating competitor or other industry vendor approaches and gaining feedback from partners, distributors and internal experts to continually evolve and optimize your benefits portfolio.

* Collaborate and align stakeholders to drive the investment decisions for activity funds, including teams for marketing, managed services, distribution, regional partner organizations, and ecosystem teams.

* Partner to design and lead optimal budget planning and engagement model for next generation activity funds.

* Evolve, build, deliver and manage a portfolio of partner benefits that help to drive more alignment with Cisco sellers. This currently includes next generation activity funds, Capital Extended Terms Financing and the future vision of product access and Not-For-Resale for our entire ecosystem.

* Align to partner investment team and finance who leads investment budget planning & management and partner contractual investments that will align with next generation activity funds.

Minimum Qualifications:

* 8-10 years experience driving strategy and planning projects for partner ecosystems, including distribution

* Expertise in building and running global partner incentives or programs

* Experience with discount, contra and opex funded incentives

* Familiarity with Cisco sales organization, processes and enablement

Preferred Qualifications:

* Strong analytical skills including navigating financial discussions including understanding the differences between funding such as opex or contra revenue.

* Strong executive presence skills including ability to independently create executive-level PowerPoint presentations

* Excellent communication skills including ability to navigate difficult situations and escalations

* Strategic thinking and strong collaborative skills to seek input, drive alignment and identify creative and innovative solutions.

* Strong leadership skills to lead direct reports of various levels as well as influence cross-functional to drive success.

Comfortable in a fast-paced and always changing environment.

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