Talent Advisor - EMEA Sales UKI @Cisco
MEET THE TEAM
Cisco’s Global Talent Acquisition Organization is constantly evolving to drive innovation, efficiency and attract outstanding talent. This is a superb opportunity to play a major role in the EMEA Talent Acquisition team and develop strategies to hire extraordinarily talented individuals. This includes providing Hiring Managers and candidates with high-touch and compelling experiences during the recruitment and hiring process.
The team operates with a consultative mindset, supporting hiring across dynamic and fast-evolving areas, while balancing quality, speed, and candidate experience. With a strong focus on data and process excellence, the team continuously evolves its approach to deliver impactful hiring outcomes.
We are currently looking for a Talent Advisor to help build and implement our hiring strategy for the Sales in UKI at Cisco.
Come and join us!
YOUR IMPACT
In this role, you will partner with hiring leaders across the Sales UKI organization to understand business priorities and develop targeted talent acquisition strategies aligned to team goals. You will manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle—from role scoping and sourcing through to candidate management, interview coordination, and offer delivery—ensuring a smooth and effective hiring process.
You will leverage recruitment data and market insights to inform your approach, optimize hiring outcomes, and continuously improve delivery. Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including Compensation and People Partners, you will help drive aligned and informed hiring decisions.
This role also offers the opportunity to build creative sourcing strategies to attract high-quality talent in competitive markets, while embedding inclusive hiring practices and delivering a strong experience for both candidates and hiring teams.
Our Talent Acquisition (TA) team is leading the way to help us acquire the best people that will engineer next-generation products and solutions, and you could be pivotal in that role!
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related recruitment or talent acquisition experience, OR Master’s degree and 3+ years of related experience, OR Doctorate with no prior experience, OR equivalent related work experience
- Experience managing full-cycle recruitment processes from role scoping through to offer and onboarding
- Experience recruiting for mid-level to experienced hires across complex or specialized business functions
- Experience using recruitment metrics (for example, time to hire, pass-through rates, and quality of candidate pipeline) to inform hiring strategies
- Experience partnering with cross-functional Human Resources stakeholders such as Compensation or Human Resources Business Partners
- Business-level proficiency in English
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Ability to develop and execute effective sourcing strategies to attract specialized talent
- Experience partnering with and advising hiring managers to support strong hiring decisions
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across business and Human Resources teams
- Experience embedding diversity and inclusion practices into recruitment processes
- Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and implement scalable recruitment best practices
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
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related recruitment or talent acquisition experience
- Master's degree and 3+ years of related recruitment or talent acquisition experience
- Doctorate with no prior experience, or equivalent related work experience
- Experience managing full-cycle recruitment from role scoping through offer and onboarding
- Experience recruiting mid-level to experienced hires across complex or specialized business functions
- Experience using recruitment metrics to inform hiring strategies
- Experience partnering with Compensation, HR Business Partners, or other HR stakeholders
- Business-level proficiency in English
- Ability to develop and execute sourcing strategies for specialized talent
- Experience advising hiring managers on hiring decisions
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
- Experience embedding diversity and inclusion practices into recruitment
- Ability to identify and implement scalable recruitment process improvements
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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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.
