The METAC - Middle East, Africa, Turkey & CIS - Partner Sales team is the collaborative driving force behind Cisco's channel business growth, cultivating strategic relationships with our diverse partner ecosystem across METAC. By aligning partner capabilities with Cisco's innovative technology portfolio, we ensure our solutions reach and transform businesses on a global scale. You will join a highly supportive, geographically distributed, and inclusive group of professionals who deeply value mentorship, shared success, and continuous learning. What makes this team truly exciting is the unique opportunity to shape the future of connectivity in a rapidly evolving region, empowering local communities while delivering meaningful business outcomes.
Your Impact- Lead the METAC Channel strategy and execution, translating Cisco priorities into regional growth plans and measurable business outcomes.
- Develop and strengthen the partner ecosystem, building strategic relationships and enabling partners to grow with Cisco’s full portfolio.
- Drive revenue, program management, and governance through disciplined planning, performance management, and operating cadence.
- Inspire and align partners and internal teams through strong engagement, influence, consultation, and leadership across a complex regional landscape.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing channel sales strategies in the METAC region with a strong understanding of regional market dynamics, partner landscapes, and growth opportunities.
- Strong financial and analytical skills, with experience using sales performance metrics, forecasting, pipeline analysis, and CRM tools to drive business planning, track revenue performance, and optimize resource alignment and operating cadence.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a complex matrix organization, influencing across sales, partner, finance, operations, product, and executive stakeholders to drive alignment and execution without direct authority.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly, engage senior executives and partners, and lead through collaboration, consultation, and trust.
- Professional background spanning both business strategy and technology sales, with the ability to translate strategic priorities into actionable growth plans and engage confidently with enterprise-level decision-makers.
- Proven ability to build credibility and foster strong, collaborative relationships with both partner executives and internal stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success navigating, collaborating, and influencing within a geographically distributed, highly matrixed corporate environment.
- Exceptional executive presence with the ability to communicate complex technology challenges and strategic visions clearly.
- Track record of successfully redefining organizational structures to improve efficiency, focus, and team inclusivity.
- High level of passion, energy, and dedication to the channel go-to-market strategy, with a natural ability to inspire and encourage others.
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
- Demonstrated success developing and executing channel sales strategies in the METAC region
- Strong understanding of regional market dynamics, partner landscapes, and growth opportunities
- Financial and analytical skills, including sales metrics, forecasting, pipeline analysis, and CRM tools
- Experience working effectively in a complex matrix organization and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills
- Ability to engage senior executives and partners and lead through collaboration and trust
- Professional background spanning business strategy and technology sales
- Ability to translate strategic priorities into actionable growth plans
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with partner executives and internal stakeholders
- Experience navigating and influencing within a geographically distributed, highly matrixed corporate environment
- Exceptional executive presence and ability to communicate complex technology challenges and strategic visions
- Track record of redefining organizational structures to improve efficiency and inclusivity
- Passion and dedication to channel go-to-market strategy with the ability to inspire others
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 broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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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.
