Leader for Security Solutions Designers

We have an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team as a Leader for Security Solutions Designers within our Security Architecture Team!

We are searching for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial-minded technical sales leader who has a passion for delivering elite technology and services to protect our customers using capabilities delivered from the network, endpoint, and SaaS offerings for any cloud.

In this role as a Security Solutions Designer Leader, you will work closely with customers, partners, and regional leaders in the Canadian public and private industries, to develop and execute sales strategies that drive growth within each region.

As a technical leader, you will lead and mentor a highly motivated sales engineering team that has a passion to bring transformative technology to life for our customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sales strategies that drive growth within each region
• Lead and mentor a highly motivated sales engineering team
• Recruits and develops team members, and manages performance and development
• Position Cisco's security solutions effectively against competitive offerings
• Be a trusted advisor for customers and cross-functional teams

Requirements

• 8+ years prior experience in a technical sales or pre-sales engineering role
• Experience designing cyber security technologies across a broad spectrum of capabilities: Firewall (NGFW/IDS/IPS), Content Security (Email, Web, DNS Protection), Endpoint Protection (EPP), Threat Detection and Response (EDR), Access Control, Cloud Native Security, SIEM, or SOAR technologies
• Proven track record of high performance, strong leadership skills, and successful quota achievement

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience leading people, operations, program management, and strategy development
• Knowledge of cyber security trends in the market and customer space, including new products and solutions
• Ability to articulate security architecture integrated with other technologies (cloud, networking, datacenter)
• Working knowledge of the Cisco portfolio, and demonstrated knowledge of the Cisco Security portfolio
• Working knowledge of the Splunk portfolio and ability to articulate its value alongside Cisco Security capabilities

What We Offer

• Competitive salary: $251,100.00 to $317,300.00
• Benefits, including 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
• Opportunities for growth and development