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Meet the Team 
 

Energy Networking Systems (ENS) is a quickly growing team with a bold mission: to deliver electrical energy from the grid to the chip, and to collect thermal energy from the chip for reuse. Uniquely positioned to disrupt the industry, we employ proven Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology alongside cutting-edge Fault Managed Power (FMP) innovations to build safer, faster, and smarter infrastructure. 

Our team combines diverse expertise, ranging from datacenter and campus architecture to operations, marketing, and product strategy. We prioritize agility and impact, encouraging a collaborative environment where small, focused teams empower individuals to make meaningful contributions. Here, you will wear many hats and see the direct, visible impact of your work. 

The team is scaling rapidly to redefine how electrical and thermal energy are managed from the grid to the chip. We are looking for a highly organized and analytical Strategy and Planning Operations Manager to drive the operational excellence of our organization. You will be the "glue" that connects our engineering, product, and marketing efforts, ensuring that our strategic vision is supported by robust planning, clear metrics, and efficient operational processes. 

Your Impact

• Strategic Planning: Lead the annual and quarterly planning cycles, ensuring team goals (OKRs/KPIs) are aligned with Cisco’s broader business objectives. Partner with executive leadership to develop annual, quarterly, and long-range strategic plans ensuring the team’s goals (OKRs/ KPI) are aligned with Cisco’s broader business objectives. 
• Operational Cadence: Effectively manage the team’s operational rhythm, encompassing staff meetings, leadership reviews, and offsite activities. This entails ensuring transparent communication and fostering a culture of accountability. Additionally, identify potential bottlenecks and propose process enhancements to optimize efficiency and productivity.  
• Resource Management: Partner with Finance and HR to manage headcount planning, budget tracking, and resource allocation to support the team’s ambitious growth. 
• Performance Analytics: Build and maintain dashboards to track operational health, project velocity, and market impact, providing leadership with data-driven insights. 
• Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in team workflows and implement scalable solutions to improve productivity and cross-functional collaboration. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• 8–10+ years of increasing experience in technology strategy, operations, or management consulting, with visible growing leadership responsibility. 
• Demonstrated experience leading high-performing teams. 
• Demonstrative ability to manage complex, global, cross-functional projects with a high degree of autonomy, influence, and accountability. 
• Communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into compelling narratives for executive-level audiences. 
• Analytical minded with a deep command of business metrics and financial modeling. 
• Shown success in navigating matrixed organizations and influencing at all levels of the business. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience working in a high-growth environment or a startup-like unit within a larger corporation. 
• Familiarity with product development lifecycles and the unique operational challenges of hardware/software engineering teams. 
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build consensus across diverse teams. 
• Self-directed approach with a focus on continuous improvement and operational agility. 
• Prior experience in the energy or networking sector is a significant plus. 

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. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $155,500.00 to $226,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$198,500.00 - $324,100.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$180,200.00 - $278,600.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.