[Hiring] Strategy & Planning Market Ready Manager @Cisco

Role Description

You will join Cisco’s Market Access team, a critical division within the Chief Strategy Office. Our mission is to bring compliant, cloud-based software products to the global market. You will drive strategic launch and sales readiness efforts. Your work will optimize, standardize, and govern processes to accelerate time-to-market and time-to-revenue. This role provides significant exposure within a high-intensity, high-visibility environment.

• Own the investment thesis and business case development for FedRAMP (Moderate/High), DoD IL5/IL6, and equivalent international cloud offerings.
• Translate strategic business objectives into detailed product and market requirements to support Product Management and roadmap planning.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Product Management, Legal, Compliance, and Go-to-Market teams to define product features, dependencies, and integrations.
• Develop and validate pricing strategies by articulating security, compliance, and total cost of ownership value propositions.
• Own the creation of executive presentations, customer-facing pitch decks, and GTM frameworks to accelerate Public Sector cloud adoption and revenue growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelors +8 years of related experience or Masters +6 years of related experience or PhD 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience of FedRAMP (Moderate/High) and DoD Impact Level 5/6 (IL5/IL6) compliance frameworks, authorization processes, and security requirements.
• Experience in product management, solutions marketing, or go-to-market leadership within the technology sector, with a focus on cloud solutions and Public Sector customers.
• Experience launching sophisticated software, SaaS, or infrastructure solutions from the initial concept phase through to market availability.

Requirements

• Experience building consensus and driving decision-making among executive leaders and cross-functional teams in sophisticated, matrixed environments.
• Experience connecting security and compliance initiatives to measurable customer benefits, business value, and market differentiation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday.
• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco.
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.
• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.