Planning and Operations Leader

Meet the Team

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. CHG silicon chips, optical modules, and full hardware systems solve for a range of demanding use cases from access points for a medium size business, to an enterprise data center, and the largest of hyperscale AI workloads. We are a team passionate about technology, have aspirational goals, and love to win as a team.

Your Impact

The Strategy and Planning Leader will support the Senior Director of Planning and Operations and the SVP of the Core ASIC Group to drive business planning initiatives, manage the team's operational cadence, and ensure the efficient and timely delivery of administrative, planning, and support materials. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in strategic planning, a comprehensive understanding of hardware development processes, and a demonstrated track record of success in business operations and planning. Specific responsibilities include:

• Support and create the development and implementation of business plans, including resource allocation, risk management, and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, finance, and other cross-functional teams to define operational goals and deliverables.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions.

• Prepare presentations, documents, and spreadsheets to be shared at the SVP, EVP and Board level.
• Ensure timely preparation and communication of monthly program reviews, quarterly business reviews and annual planning documents.
• Organize team meetings, offsites, and organizational meetings as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related field.
• 10+ years of experience in business planning and operations roles.
• 7+ years of experience in networking hardware or semiconductor design businesses.
• Examples of excellent data visualization skills using Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, etc.
• Clear examples of business planning expertise including your ability to build and facilitate monthly, quarterly, and annual planning events.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree.
• Understanding of Engineering optics at Cisco, including development lifecycle and processes, business planning, and budgeting.
• Strong analytical skills and financial acumen.
• Familiarity with the chip design and development process.

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

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