Partner Account Executive - PSO East Northeast Operation

U.S. ONLY: The application window is expected to close on: 8/31/25.

Candidate must reside in the Boston, MA area.

Meet the Team

Another area of focus is to drive strategic alignment between our Partners and Cisco’s end user sales teams to maximize our collective success. This will require working with Cisco Regional Sales Managers to develop, communicate, and execute regional go-to-market plans.

Your Impact

The Partner Account Executive will bring a significant knowledge base and in-depth understanding of BOTH Sales and Channels dynamics. Previous experience working as a Commercial, Enterprise or SLED Account Manager is preferred. This individual must be able to quickly establish credibility with Partner principals and sales teams. They must inspire trust and be viewed as a sales leader- capable of training, instructing, and helping Partners position Cisco’s solutions/architectures in customer-facing engagements. The ability to listen, make recommendations and influence Partner executives is required. A strong personal network of executive relationships is optimal. This person will need to be a strategic thinker with effective communication and influence skills.

In this role, you will be customer focused, achievement driven and possess an impressive executive demeanor. You will bring a true team-orientation and collaborative approach in addition to possessing excellent presentation skills, including strong verbal and writing capabilities.

Finally, this individual must have a level of business maturity, flexibility and the instincts to adapt to a high-energy, dynamic environment characterized by high growth expectations and a collaborative culture. This individual must work extremely well in coordinated teams but also expect to work independently and with a set of diverse individuals on a regular basis.

Role & Responsibilities

You will influence Partners’ business transformation while developing and promoting Partners’ unique value propositions, sales & operational processes, and internal consumption of Cisco solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years Sales, Account, or Partner experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Previous experience working with channel partners, distributors, or within a technological ecosystem
• Experience in managing indirect sales models and driving revenue through partner channels.
• Demonstrated success in achieving revenue targets and building strong channel relationships.
• Understanding of Cisco’s partner ecosystem

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and understanding of Sales and Channel dynamics, with prior experience as a Commercial, Enterprise, or SLED Account Manager preferred.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with partner principals and sales teams, inspiring confidence as a sales leader who can train, mentor, and support partners in positioning Cisco solutions during customer engagements.
• Strong listening, recommendation, and influence skills with Partner executives are critical. A robust network of executive relationships is ideal. The role requires strategic thinking and effective communication and influence abilities.

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.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.