What You'll Do

　　Reporting to the Commercial East Strategy & Planning leader, as the Americas Managed Services Pursuit Sales Specialist you will be responsible for creating and executing a Go-To-Market (GTM) plan for Managed Services driving an analytic-based sales motion with our MSP partners, Sales Account Managers, and Sales Leaders. The primary focus of this role is to accelerate the awareness, insertion, and growth of the Managed Service RTM for the Commercial East Area.

　　You will play an integral role in contributing to the success of the overall Commercial East sales team. In addition, you will:

　　Leverage sales and finance data analysis and provide insights to aid in identifying and establishing Managed Services sales and growth opportunities.

　　Build a business plan for the segment focused on capturing the Managed Service opportunity within the install base and capturing new logos through demand generation campaigns with MSPs and the field sales teams.

　　Develop and maintain key relationships with key partner and customer executives.

　　Develop a full understanding of key partner managed service offers.

　　Provide detailed activity forecasts and regular pipeline reporting.

　　Provide insights into growth opportunities for accelerating MS bookings and operationalizing new ideas.

　　Work with the APO-MS & Cisco Business Units to drive the evolution of the partner managed service offerings in line with specific area/theatre needs.

　　Develop a comprehensive enablement program for the Cisco managed service portfolio with key partners.

　　Conduct monthly/quarterly training sessions with field sales to educate them on the MS RTM.

　　Keep the pulse of industry trends, competitive landscape, and customer challenges in Managed Services and incorporate this knowledge in enablement programs, offers, and promotions that Business Units and Partners are developing.

　　Provide input to APO-MS marketing messaging, positioning, and branding. Refine messaging per market segment and ensure all communications are aligned with approved messaging.

　　Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills to manage interactions with customers, partners, and other important parties.

　　Who You’ll Work With

　　The Commercial East Team is tasked with accelerating the growth and transformation of our entire portfolio for our customers. In doing so, Managed Services will be a key transformation for all our sellers to ensure we meet our customers where they are and have multiple consumption offerings for how our customers work with Cisco. You will work directly with the Commercial East Director of Strategy & Planning to develop a GTM market model that aligns with the field sales management and sellers to execute against our goals. You will work closely with the Partner Managed Services team to drive the direction and programs of the go-to-market strategy while developing key stakeholders inside the field sales organization to drive the existing pipeline and help the sales teams build new pipeline along with key managed services partners.

　　Who You Are

　　You are a highly motivated sales specialist with strong experience in SaaS sales and have a strong working knowledge of Managed Services. You are sales-minded with an expert understanding of sales processes, MEDDPICC, and the importance of driving an efficient and intuitive process in supporting a multi-million-dollar business in close alignment with product business units, partner teams, and account teams.

　　Minimum Requirements

　　10+ years of sales experience working with channel partners, managed service providers, managed services security providers, and/or telecommunications service providers.

　　Proven experience in analyzing sales data to determine trends and productivity.

　　2+ years of experience in developing business and sales enablement programs.

　　Strong proven knowledge of the Managed Service RTM, including Managed SD-WAN, Multi-Cloud networking, and Security offers.

　　Understands how to evaluate, interpret, and incorporate financial data in building business plans and sales strategies and making daily decisions to support and accelerate sales growth.

　　Strong Salesforce skills

　　Experience using the MEDDPICC methodology.

　　Ability to work in a matrix organization and manage cross-functional teaming to build support, secure sponsorship, and ensure alignment for desired outcomes.

　　A bachelor’s degree in finance or business-related fields.

　　Why Cisco

　　#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

　　We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re "old" (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can’t put us in a box!

　　But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

　　Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

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　　We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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