Leader, Strategic Executive Communications

Job Description

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today, but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.

Meet the Team
You will lead Cisco Infrastructure Engineering strategic executive communications and support the Senior Vice President of Engineering. This job requires regular collaboration with senior leaders in Engineering and Product, as well as Communications, Marketing, and HR.
Your Impact
As the leader of strategic executive communications, you will build and execute integrated communication strategies for targeted audiences. You will be responsible for developing a narrative that informs, inspires, and engages internal and external audiences. You will employ a range of messaging platforms and channels, including internal meetings (employee, executive leadership, and board of directors), IR/AR/PR engagements, customer engagements, social media, newsletters, and events. You must be an artful writer and skilled strategic communicator who can translate complicated messages into clear, compelling language. You must have a strong track record of producing high-quality, crisp content, a demonstrated ability to work with confidential information, and an uncompromising eye for quality and detail while balancing multiple projects.
Role & Responsibilities

• Oversee the strategic direction for communication across Infrastructure Engineering.
• Lead executive communications for an engineering organization, with support concentrated on the SVP. This includes everything from organizational announcements to industry keynotes.
• Lead the development and execution on a coordinated communications strategy and message, aligned to Cisco outcomes and priorities. Engage with customers, partners, industry professionals, and employees.
• Produce employee-facing (e.g., organizational messages and All Hands meetings) and external (e.g., keynote presentations) deliverables for senior leaders.
• Work with product management and engineering teams to articulate our value proposition and deliver it as a narrative in the form of presentations, messaging documents, blogs, and more.
• Partner with Marketing and Sales to develop and amplify relevant customer stories.
• Partner with communications teams to align messaging and content.
• Lead and manage social media strategy for the senior leadership team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM, Communications, Marketing or related field with 10+ years of professional experience
• 5+ years of experience supporting senior executives
• 5+ years of experience independently managing cross functional projects and communications.
• Ability to translate multi-dimensional, complex strategies into simple and relatable concepts using tools such as PowerPoint, Video, AI Tools and/or scripting
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong technical acumen
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong ability to craft messages that invoke action and tell a compelling story
• Proactively builds and manages relationships with key internal stakeholders across a range of businesses and geographies
• Ability to create high-quality work with limited guidance
  

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with

empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.