Executive Communications Manager
Cisco Systems, Inc. | |
$196,000.00 to $247,000.00
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life insurance, vision insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, sick time, 401(k)
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United States, California, San Jose | |
170 W Tasman Dr (Show on map) | |
Nov 22, 2025 | |
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Meet the team
The Collaboration Employee Experience team creates future-proofed workspaces, providing seamless, secure, and sustainable connections at scale. Our "Distance Zero" approach empowers employees to collaborate effortlessly and effectively. Your impact Seeking an Executive Communications Manager/Professional to provide important support to the Senior Vice President of Collaboration, Employee Experience Technology in San Jose, CA. This role advances our mission to connect people and ideas, enabling smooth operations and innovation. Responsibilities: You will drive executive thought leadership and strategic narratives, developing content such as speeches, presentations, and talk tracks. This includes managing and editing all executive communications to ensure consistency and brand alignment. You will also oversee the social media strategy for internal and external executive messaging, including All Hands meetings and leadership updates. Your role involves supporting internal and external events, such as keynotes and roundtables, and preparing briefing materials. Furthermore, you will handle confidential and timely information with discretion, collaborate with partners to align messaging and achieve communication objectives, and track, analyze, and report on communications effectiveness, providing recommendations for continuous improvement. Minimum qualifications: * 10+ years in Executive Communications/Marketing (security field) with high-impact messaging. * PowerPoint expertise for designing presentations. * Synthesize information into cohesive stories for diverse audiences. * Experience managing high-volume work in a dynamic environment. Preferred qualifications: * Strategic thinker with the ability to balance tactical actions. * Passion for social media, brand, and thought leadership. * Strong writing skills; translate complex ideas into clear narratives. * Strong interpersonal skills, independent judgment, and integrity. * Ability to handle confidential information and an exceptional attention to detail * Collaborative, committed to improvement, problem-solver. * Proven ability to multitask and work with focus. * Comfortable with autonomy on routine tasks and minimal guidance on projects. Why Cisco? 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. 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. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $196,000.00 to $247,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area: $196,000.00 - $284,100.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $174,000.00 - $252,100.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements. | |
$196,000.00 to $247,000.00
life insurance, vision insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, sick time, 401(k)
Nov 22, 2025