Responsibilities

• Strategic Advising: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. Develop and manage communication roadmaps, event calendars, and strategic opportunities that align with business objectives.
• Narrative & Content Development: Craft clear, consistent messaging for diverse audiences. Oversee the production of speeches, keynotes, presentations, articles, and multimedia content that drive thought leadership.
• Executive Coaching: Partner with executives to refine their presentation skills, communication style, and overall engagement approach with internal and external stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Marketing, PR, Analyst Relations, Investor Relations, and HR to ensure messaging consistency across all internal and external channels.
• Strategy Execution & Measurement: Design and implement communication vehicles (broadcasts, roundtables, social media, etc.). Establish KPIs to measure effectiveness and continuously refine strategies based on data and feedback.

Requirements

• 12-15 years of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Business Administration, or related field
• 7+ years internal/external communications in varied disciplines, such as organizational communications, executive communications, and public relations
• Experience within the networking industry

Preferred

• Experience working within the semiconductor industry

Benefits

• 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.
• 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: - 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, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco - Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees - Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) - 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next - Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members - Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer