Overview In this role you will lead the technical sales direction for Cisco's AI Infrastructure & Connectivity portfolio in the Americas, acting as the primary technical voice. You'll shape market direction through thought leadership and enable strategic wins via rigorous validations. You'll build and coach a high-performing, inclusive team while aligning technical vision with business goals. This is an opportunity to impact AI, cloud-native networking at-scale and advance Cisco's leadership in the space.
Compensation / Benefits- medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) with Cisco matching
- paid parental leave
- paid holidays and vacation
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
- incentive pay tied to sales performance
Responsibilities- Lead the technical sales strategy and execution for the Americas
- Serve as the primary technical voice for the AI Infrastructure & Connectivity portfolio
- Influence market direction through thought leadership
- Drive technical wins via high-stakes validations
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive engineering organization
- Align technical vision with business goals and cultivate strategic partnerships
- Enable Cisco's leadership in AI and cloud-native networking
- Mentor and develop talent across geographically dispersed teams
Key requirements- 10+ years in sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical leadership in networking, data center, cloud-native, or AI/ML infrastructure
- Experience managing large, geographically dispersed Sales Engineering or Solutions Architecture teams
- Experience building trusted relationships with C-suite executives, industry analysts, and ecosystem partners
- leadership
- strategic thinking
- communication
- AI infrastructure
- cloud-native technologies
- data center architectures
