EHS Program Manager, Eastern US

Location: Candidates must be in the RTP, NC area and in office 3 days per week.

Meet the Team

Cisco’s Global Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) organization helps make Cisco safe for today and tomorrow by enabling strong EHS performance and regulatory compliance across our offices, labs, and operational sites. The Global EHS team partners closely with Workplace Resources, stakeholder organizations, and regional leadership to reduce risk and strengthen our safety culture. We are proactive, data-driven, collaborative, and our talented team thrives in a fast-paced, international hybrid work model. Our team is focusing on integration of AI to accelerate safety outcomes, making us a leader in the tech industry. Our team ensures that as Cisco grows, we do so safely.

Your Impact

As the Eastern US EHS Program Manager, you will act as the bridge between the Global EHS team and regional partners, ensuring compliance across high-impact locations like Research Triangle Park (RTP) and the Eastern corridor. You will lead regional compliance efforts and implement standardized EHS procedures to mitigate operational risks in a fast-paced environment. Success in this role means improved AMER regional performance, working cross functionally to deliver timely and effective closure of compliance gaps, and measurable progress in reducing the likelihood of serious injury, illness, or non-compliance. You will use EHS data and systems to draw insights and accelerate data-driven decision-making using AI-augmented tools. This role is critical to maintaining Cisco’s reputation as a safe, inclusive, and compliant global technology leader.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Health, or a related technical field.
• 3-5 years of experience managing EHS programs within a large-scale corporate or industrial environment.
• Direct experience managing hazardous waste programs and occupational health and safety compliance.
• Proven track record of navigating EHS regulatory requirements specifically within North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Georgia, or Texas.
• Demonstrated experience in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM).
• ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 management system auditor credentials.
• Familiarity with AI tools, Agile, or Lean methodologies to streamline status reporting and project validation.
• Strong customer relationship management skills with the ability to influence positive safety outcomes across diverse business units.
• Highly organized and proactive management style with the ability to lead complex projects in a hybrid work model.

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.

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:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* 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.