Meet the Team
Join Cisco’s Global Virtual Sales organization - one of our fastest-growing sales teams, and the talent engine for Cisco Sales that consistently delivers profitable growth. We serve the customer lifecycle by connecting customers with transformative solutions to drive business value and efficiency. Here, you’ll find a supportive environment with coaching, training, and on-the-job learning to accelerate your career. Enjoy our award-winning, flexible workplace powered by the latest Cisco technology, where innovation and giving back to the community are at the heart of what we do. Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on adapting to market changes and making an impact.
Your Impact
The Inside Account Executive (iAE) is responsible for creating, running and driving opportunities in collaboration with Cisco partners for a designated portfolio of accounts in Mid Market/Velocity. Working in collaboration with Solution Engineers and Specialist resources supporting the assigned territory, this role covers the entire Cisco portfolio.
This role offers a career where challenge and appreciation spark daily growth, and where a dynamic environment is fueled by creativity, ambition, and strong partnership. Here, colleagues become friends, managers are active coaches, and every achievement is celebrated.
Responsibilities include:
Meet quota targets and manage all sales opportunities for Mid Market accounts through the full sales cycle.
Develop deep expertise in Cisco’s portfolio, competitive positioning, and advanced sales practices.
Lead territory planning, cross-architecture opportunities, and maintain pipeline excellence with accurate forecasting and best practices.
Leverage industry insights and Cisco’s advanced tech tools to optimize customer engagement and deliver the unified “One Cisco Story.”
Operate in a flexible, hybrid role with occasional travel for key customer and partner engagements.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum 2 years of B2B selling experience.
Proven track record of achieving at least 100% quota attainment or YoY growth of 10% or more.
Ability to collaborate with internal teams and manage a portfolio of at least 50 active accounts.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing the full sales cycle.
Passion for sales and building positive relationships.
Strong business sense and ability to effectively communicate the value proposition to the customer base.
Ability to engage in active listening to identify customer challenges - both current and future - and propose solutions to improve their process.
Strong relationship management skills to build trust and drive results with partners and customers.
Data-driven decision-making skills for pipeline analysis and accurate sales forecasting.
Experience using digital selling tools such as Salesforce.
Flexible and resilient problem solver that thrives in a team environment and enjoys sharing new insights and innovations.
Fluency in German and English
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.
Skills Required
- Minimum 2 years of B2B selling experience.
- Proven track record of achieving at least 100% quota attainment or YoY growth of 10% or more.
- Ability to collaborate with internal teams and manage a portfolio of at least 50 active accounts.
- Experience managing the full sales cycle.
- Experience using digital selling tools such as Salesforce.
- Data-driven decision-making skills for pipeline analysis and accurate sales forecasting.
- Strong relationship management and communication skills to convey value propositions and build trust with partners and customers.
- Ability to engage in active listening to identify customer challenges and propose solutions.
- Flexible and resilient problem solver who thrives in a team environment.
- Fluency in German and English.
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
