Sr. Director - Renewals Specialist Security
Cisco
The application window is expected to close on: 8/26/2025
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Location: Any Major US City
Meet the Team
The CX (Customer Experience) Renewals team is one of Cisco’s fastest growing sales teams and is a talent engine for Cisco Sales with diverse and motivated teams that consistently deliver profitable growth.
We serve our customer life-cycle through a series of selling motions to drive higher value and an optimal experience from Cisco solutions to drive relevant business outcomes. We are a global, dynamic team that brings excitement to the sales environment every day. We connect Cisco customers with solutions that can transform their businesses and change the world for the better. You will discover a creative, flexible and award-winning working environment using the latest Cisco technology to enable and empower you to perform to the very best of your abilities. Our teams adapt quickly to respond to market changes and are all highly encouraged to give back to our local communities.
Your Impact
Customer Experience is driving rapid transformation of the customer success and renewal experience across Cisco, our customers, and partners. You will need to have demonstrated experience and desire to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment. You will have proven experience and commensurate business results leading a diverse global sales or customer experience team. You have demonstrated success building and training a motivated team and customer focused culture. You have the presence and ability to communicate effectively with customers, partners, internal teams and executive leadership. You will serve as liaison to the Security Business Unit with regards to renewal sales performance, strategy development and GTM models.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS / BA degree and 10 - 15+ years related experience or industry experience in related role. Ideal candidate should possess both sales leadership and cross functional/general management experience and a deep understanding of recurring revenue
- 4+ years direct management/leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience selling or renewing recurring offers
- Understanding of Cisco’s Security portfolio and value proposition
- Practical experience driving business results and measuring performance using tools like Salesforce.com
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA preferred
- Confirmed ability to clearly and succinctly convey information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions.
- Must have the ability to influence leadership outside our direct organization to drive desired outcomes for the business.
- Shown ability to operate at a high level in a cross functional environment.
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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 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.