Meet the Team

Program management has never been more vital to our sales organization. You’ll play an integral role in the business tying project results to business goals, resulting in better market positioning. Collaborate with cross functional teams and strive for business efficiency.

Your Impact

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Program Manager to support the Chief of Staff (CoS) of Splunk Sales in the Americas. This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth execution of key initiatives, driving alignment across teams, and facilitating effective communication within the Americas sales organization. The ideal candidate will be a strong project manager with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of managing multiple priorities and thriving in a fast-paced environment.

• Action Item Management: Capture, track, and manage action items from internal and external meetings, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution.
• Meeting Support: Prepare agendas, presentations, and meeting materials for key meetings, ensuring all stakeholders are well-informed.
• Project Management: Lead and drive key projects and action items, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.
• Initiative Management: Manage programs and projects initiated by or involving the Splunk Americas Office of the GM.
• Communication: Facilitate clear and concise communication across teams, ensuring alignment on priorities and progress.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within the Americas sales organization.
• Relationship Building: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Reporting: Prepare reports and dashboards to track progress on key initiatives and provide insights to the CoS and leadership team.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with various departments, including Sales, Marketing, and Operations, to ensure successful project execution

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, project management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in program or project management, preferably in a sales or technology environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Asana, Jira, Monday.com) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Experience with sales operations or sales strategy is a plus.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information

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 $146,100.00 to $190,300.00 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:

• 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

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:

• .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 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:

$146,100.00 – $229,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$133,200.00 – $221,400.00

* 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.