Sales M&A Acquisition Integration Program Manager

Cisco • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Sales M&A Integration works on high impact business outcomes for the Cisco Sales organization. Acquisitions and divestitures are challenging, highly visible, global, and cross functional in nature, requiring strong business acumen and leadership skills to manage effectively. We are looking for a standout candidate with a passion for productivity and efficiency to help drive growth.
The Sales M&A Integration Program Manager will accelerate the Sales M&A team by effectively project managing active acquisitions and divestitures, owning and driving improvements to business processes and our methodology, supporting change management requirements of each deal, and helping to drive strategy, planning, and execution through story telling via PowerPoint. Additionally, the role will take point to lead the Sales M&A integration work (deal lead) on smaller, less complex deals, alongside the team leader and their peers, in order to provide both scale for the team, and, to better the team’s business processes and methodology by doing the work.

The Sales M&A Integration Program Manager will also represent the Sales M&A Integration team, serving as an ambassador and trusted partner to cross-functional integration functions and the Cisco Corporate Development Integration team. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with ambiguity to prioritize and move forward what is most important while planning the horizon for any risks in workload.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in operations and/or project management
• Broad knowledge of go-to-market approach: sales coverage model (inclusive of partners), customer segments, industry verticals, geographies, RTM models, and marketing.
• Project management experience and leading challenging, highly visible, cross functional projects.

Nice To Haves

• Desire to gain a deep understanding of the Sales M&A Integration methodology and business processes to help guide the Sales M&A Integration deal leads and workstream leads through their “runways and boulders” of work while identifying risks and gaps to plan completion.
• Capability to synthesize data, strategic insights, and planning into cohesive and compelling presentations using storytelling techniques and methods that effectively foster discussion and alignment among colleagues and stakeholders.
• Capacity to lead efforts for identification and implementation of change, whether that be to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of our practice or to drive deal success.
• Possess business acumen required to work on special projects based on interest and team’s deal load .
• Attention to detail and ability to execute against tight timelines – thrives in a high paced, dynamic environment.
• Able to manage and lead all aspects of a program end-to-end: plans, project management, program management, and communications.
• Strength with earning trust and building valued relationships and possessing a passion for productivity, efficiency, and excellence.
• Ability to motivate change through innovation & process improvement
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment and conceptualize how program work fits into the “big picture” strategy
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and organizational skills, with a strong proficiency in crafting clear and impactful presentations through PowerPoint to effectively align teams and drive program objectives
• Both a strong teammate and an independent worker, ability to define, lead, and execute work autonomously
• Microsoft office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) expertise and ability to quickly ramp on other tools and capabilities is crucial, always learning and applying AI platforms/tools/techniques to advance the team’s practice as well as their own work

Responsibilities

• Effectively project managing active acquisitions and divestitures
• Owning and driving improvements to business processes and our methodology
• Supporting change management requirements of each deal
• Helping to drive strategy, planning, and execution through story telling via PowerPoint
• Lead the Sales M&A integration work (deal lead) on smaller, less complex deals
• Represent the Sales M&A Integration team
• Serving as an ambassador and trusted partner to cross-functional integration functions and the Cisco Corporate Development Integration team
• Prioritize and move forward what is most important while planning the horizon for any risks in workload

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed