Executive Communications Manager

What You'll Do

You will manage the communications strategy and execution for the President of Cisco EMEA.

• You will handle speaking engagements, presentations and messaging for industry events, internal events, trade shows, conferences, and similar forums by researching, writing, and preparing remarks and presentation materials, talking points, and briefing documents.
• You will develop messaging to support the business strategy in the region.
• Externally, you partner with our PR and AR teams to improve the impact of media and analyst opportunities.
• Internally, you will drive EMEA employee engagement using formats such as All Hands, Ask Me Anything and other forums, in alignment with global and sales communications.
• You will prepare the President's social media on LinkedIn, to drive thought leadership & engagement.
  
  

To be successful, you'll balance multiple priorities to ensure communications are relevant. You'll prioritize areas where communications can have the biggest impact and demonstrate tangible results to help influence our audience’s perceptions, attitudes and behaviors.

Who You Are

You have proven experience driving all aspects of an executive’s business, organizational, and employee communications. You are capable of building executive speaker messaging to position Cisco and an executive as visionary leaders within a fast and competitive market.

You can be a strategic partner and advisor to the president and the EMEA Comms Director and you will work directly with them to deliver content and programs to drive EMEA communications. You will be responsible for metrics, the quality of communications outcomes, and ensure timely delivery.

Minimum Requirements

• You have 10+ years of proven experience supporting executives with platform development and comms programs in a global, matrixed technology or software company.
• You can demonstrate your ability to understand different audiences and translate business goals into communications that drive business growth.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills, can translate complexity into simplified language and imagery.
• You are a social media specialist with a track record of execution on behalf of execs.
• You are a resilient problem solver able to gain consensus and manage critical situations through consultation and partnering.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications For This Role

• You are a highly organized, self-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills and an intuitive ability to read people.
• You understand technology trends, as well as Cisco’s story, its technologies and services
• You are able to strategically and creatively translate business priorities into stories and visual concepts that are relevant and engaging to a broad audience across various channels. You are skilled in preparing presentations and have an ability to build visuals and edit video.
  
  

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.