Director Operations Cisco Los Angeles

Job Description
Responsibilities This senior management position is responsible for driving overall growth into the Western market for Cisco Systems within the named accounts within the Enterprise West Sales Area.
S/he will have overall sales leadership responsibilities for a targeted set of strategic accounts local and global combined .
The operation will consist of 3 Regional Manager and 2 Client Executives.
The position should reside in either Arizona or Southern California.

Role & Responsibilities
Enterprise West Area and Operation Strategy & Execution Priorities Identifying developing and implementing key initiatives that align with the Enterprise West Area and Strategy & Execution Priorities
Go to Market Sales Model Leading /coaching teams through transformation with Account Planning/Opportunity Identification Business Relevant / Customer Value Selling Business Disciplines Challenger Sales Strategy
Financial Performance Exceeding bookings goal by geography architecture and vertical managing opex goal and maintaining forecast accuracy providing visibility and in depth knowledge into numbers customer insights macro/micro trends consumption models
Team Development Attracting developing and retaining high performance Account Team talent career development coaching performance management and hiring .

One Winning Team Engagement and Leading Change Strategically leading and influencing your own team along with an integrated cross functional teams including the Customer Value Acceleration Team Services Capital Partners Advanced Technology teams Collaboration Enterprise Networks Data Center Marketing and others.

Focusing on contributing to the long term success of Enterprise West and US Enterprise by being a collaborative leader amongst your peers.
Consistently striving to improve and reinvent yourself.

This Director will be expected to strategically drive Cisco s end to end vision for our Global customers as well as maintain an in depth understanding of competitive conditions industry practices market opportunities and customer requirements.

In addition to leading one winning team the Director will work closely and cross collaboratively with Cisco s most senior executives within Customer Advocacy Technology Business Units and Cisco s Executive Sales team.

Inclusive of its global responsibilities this is the one of the largest most visible and complex roles within Cisco s Enterprise Sales Organization.

This key leadership role will continue the development of our sales delivery model through the capability development of our highly talented and motivated sales organization.

Setting a vision and building strategic business decision making capability to the next level will be a major factor for success in this position.

The candidate will be expected to motivate inspire and continually develop his/her teams and channel partners while taking on new competitors as Cisco continues to gain market share outside its dominating data networking core.

Minimum Qualifications

5 10 years senior management experience ideal candidate should possess both sales leadership and cross functional/general management experience
8 years in management roles selling solutions to senior executives at named accounts
Demonstrated track record managing significant revenue responsibility and or profit/loss center and overachieving targets to meet stretch goals
Business Development and strategy experience required.

Demonstrated ability to provide thought leadership think strategically and effectively communicate vision both written and verbal and influence cross functionally.

Adept at balancing intense short term pressures with overall long term goals.

Strong executive presence polish and political savvy
Strong leadership skills in coaching and developing a sales organization for 50 people
Excellent communication skills and ability to persuade using simple communications that convey complex concepts in a compelling concise and creative way.

Demonstrated ability to build and lead in a matrix managed team culture.