- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Manager
- 8+ years
Lead a geographically dispersed team of Solution Engineers within Cisco’s global security sales organization, driving technical pre‑sales strategy and product adoption.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, develop, and retain a high‑performing, diverse team of elite Solution Engineers across EMEA & APJC.
- Partner with Sales and Product leadership to define and complete the technical go‑to‑market strategy, accelerating early‑adopter customer acquisition.
- Serve as an executive technical sponsor, building trusted advisor relationships with CISOs, CIOs, and Platform Architects.
- Champion the end‑to‑end "See‑Try‑Buy" lifecycle, optimizing POV velocity, private previews, and multi‑architectural proof‑of‑value trials.
- Act as the strategic field bridge to Engineering, channeling competitive intelligence and technical feature gaps into the product development lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
- Nice to have: leading technical incubation or start‑up sales motions
- Nice to have: micro‑segmentation expertise
- Nice to have: workload security
- Nice to have: NIS2