The Cisco Meraki team is seeking a driven and highly qualified operations and strategy lead to join Meraki’s Product Enablement Organization. Meraki’s Product Enablement mission is to develop, deliver, and enable scalable programs and solutions that make Cisco Meraki technologies more accessible to everyone.

Meraki is changing the way the industry thinks about networking, and you will support the charge to continue driving this change and help sustain and accelerate Meraki’s success and growth in the coming years. 

In this role, you will be a member of the Product Enablement leadership team and be responsible to drive productivity, streamline strategic initiatives, establish business processes and oversee communication, metrics and programs. You will also be a liaison between Product Enablement and groups such as Marketing, Sales, Strategy, Finance and more across both Meraki and Cisco. 

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of driving large-scale cross functional initiatives and programs. Familiarity with Cisco’s sales, enablement or engineering organizations and deep understanding of Cisco’s inter-workings across a wide range of matrixed organizations is highly desirable. 

In addition, you will need to be extremely creative in your approach, delivering unique and new ways to accelerate and scale programs, metrics and success measures across a wide range of cross-functional groups.

Responsibilities:

• Help define and coordinate the execution of strategic initiatives

• Track team dynamics, productivity, employee well-being and work with the management teams to continuously improve these and address any concerns

• Serve as liaison between Product Enablement and Cisco and Meraki senior staff regarding project updates, goals and objectives, reporting and strategic planning 

• Oversee daily operations through collaboration with senior management and department leaders 

• Orchestrate an array of administrative tasks around team meetings and communications 

• Own and maintain investment framework across the organization to prioritize and refine focus areas and initiatives 

• Lead special projects with Meraki’s sr. staff such as Meraki’s strategy, presence and participation at annual Cisco’s annual sales meeting

Qualifications:

• Degree in Business Administration or similar

• 7+ years in business operations, program management or similar roles

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across departments

• Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives

• Effective, versatile, action-oriented and results-driven

• Proven track record of effectively interacting with senior management

• Excellent communication skills

• Strong project reporting skills, with a focus on interdepartmental communication

• Entrepreneurship, "can do" attitude, and ability and willingness to make an impact

• Good understanding and familiarity with Cisco’s inter-workings across a wide range of matrixed organizations is a plus

• Experience with Data Analysis is a plus

We know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. We’re making networking easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

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