Executive Communications Manager

As an Executive Communications Manager at Cisco, you will create clear, compelling, and innovative communications for the Vice President for Americas Software and Services Sales, while also supporting broader communications operations for the Americas Sales Communications team.

This is a dual-focus role: approximately half your time will be dedicated to executive communications for the Sales VP, and half will support organization-wide communications operations,helping scale, streamline, and strengthen how the broader Americas Sales Communications function runs.

You will collaborate with sales leaders, managers, and executives, forming strong relationships across the business while supporting the Software and Services Sales leader and reinforcing their priorities and leadership philosophy across their team.

Your Impact

• Execute a strategic communications plan for the VP of Software & Services Sales to advance business priorities and deliver customer outcomes.
• Create impactful messaging and content that informs sellers, engages customers, and positions the executive as a thought leader.
• Manage communication vehicles to ensure effective delivery to sellers.
• Work in partnership with the Americas Sales Communications team, the Global Sales Communications team, business leads, and key functions to integrate and align messaging.
• Develop and manage a social media strategy.

Communications Operations

• Create and maintain common templates, toolkits, and playbooks that help scale consistent, high-quality communications across the broader team.
• Inventory and maintain visibility into forums, channels, and communications vehicles across the organization to identify gaps and opportunities for alignment.
• Manage shared platforms to keep team resources organized, current, and easily accessible.
• Liaise with enablement and change management partners to ensure communications are integrated with broader organizational initiatives.

Who You'll Work With

You will work closely with the Americas and Global Sales communication teams, sales team, as well as other partners across the company.

Who You Are

You move comfortably between big-picture strategy and the practical details of execution, and you can balance the creative demands of executive storytelling with operational rigor.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, or related field
• 5+ years internal/external communications in varied disciplines, such as organizational communications, executive communications, and public relations
• Experience supporting VP+ level executives
• Ability to travel 10 - 20% - domestic and international
• Experience supporting sales leadership in a communications capacity preferred