Description
The Corporate Planning team is a part of the Office of the CEO organization, responsible for driving organizational alignment through QBO, Annual Planning, ELT Scorecard, and action tracking.
As the Strategy & Planning Manager, you'll be the operational backbone of the Corporate Planning function, ensuring critical planning processes run smoothly, efficiently, and with precision. Partnering with the direct and extended teams, this role will help synthesize complex information from QBO, Annual Planning, ELT Scorecard, and action tracking processes to translate strategy into clear direction for working teams, surfacing insights that keep the organization aligned to priorities.
Responsibilities:
- Manage agenda creation, attendee curation, and cross-organizational communication with ELT core strategy and planning teams to ensure planning deliverables and timelines stay on track.
- Partner closely with the Director of Strategy & Planning and EA to anticipate needs, remove operational barriers, and support ad-hoc strategic priorities so leadership can focus on outcomes.
- Success means planning cycles run on time with quality, teams understand priorities and deliverables, and the Corporate Planning function operates with efficiency and impact.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
- 4 + years of professional experience in business operations, corporate planning, executive support, or similar functions.
- 2 + years of experience in a role requiring cross-functional coordination at the executive or senior management level.
- At least 2 years of experience leading projects or operational processes across one or more teams or business functions from planning through completion.
- Demonstrated experience delivering work across multiple concurrent priorities when requirements, timelines, or available information change.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting executive leadership, C-suite, or ELT environments
- Familiarity with strategic planning, business planning, or corporate governance processes
- Experience with project management or process optimization methodologies
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority
- Experience with business intelligence tools or data synthesis platforms
Benefits:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Paid time away (10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees)
- Flexible vacation time off program
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter