Public Sector Account Manager – Higher Education

Job title:

Public Sector Account Manager – Higher Education

Company

Cisco Systems

Job description

Meet the TeamWe are looking for an Account Manager for the UK Public Sector Team who will focus on Higher Education. In this customer-facing role you will build relationships with both Business and Technical leaders within UK Public Sector, gain a deep understanding of their requirements, and align Cisco’s product and Services portfolio to drive transformation.Your ImpactAs an Account Manager, you will lead and drive the Cisco relationship with your regional accounts. Your primary responsibility will be to support our customers’ evolving business and technology strategies, ensuring their success by developing tailored solutions and propositions. You will collaborate with the extended sales teams, and our partners to solve our customers’ biggest challenges and drive growth across all accounts.You are a self-starter with a strategic approach, capable of building executive relationships and crafting demand to close deals. You possess a good base knowledge of client business models and have a contact network in the target customer segment. You lead virtual teams across various lines of business within Cisco Systems to deliver exceptional results.You will lead with Cisco’s mission and strategy, be familiar with lifecycle selling and customer’s buying models, and will work across a wide variety of Cisco technologies for the UK Public Sector organisations. You will be the sales leader for the region, and will translate Cisco’s strategies and initiatives into a strategic plan for your customers.You will be working on long term, complex and critical initiatives within your customer base and exercising your industry expertise to influence technical and business stakeholders.You will have a strong team-working attitude, take ownership and accountability, and have strong consultative skills to understand customer’s needs and position Cisco’s product and services portfolio. You will conduct presentations, showcase Cisco solutions and services, set up demonstrations explaining use cases and benefits to your customers.You will continuously acquire and develop consultative skills, embracing best practices, and will keep yourself regularly updated with new industry trends, portfolio acquisitions and solutions.Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years account management experience in a fast moving high technology company
• Relevant experience within the Higher Education sector.
• Proven experience in selling large and complex technology solutions
• Solid Understanding of Cisco’s portfolio and services capabilities
• Ability to lead large sophisticated deals and position the business value of IT solutions to CIOs and business leaders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with account planning, pipeline, and forecast management.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage virtual teams.
• Ability to engage on ‘Line of Business’ initiatives and develop solutions aligned with client outcomes.
• Executive “CIO” experience and a track record of closing large, strategic deals.

#WeAreCisco#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have 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.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 23:20:27 GMT

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