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Inside Account Executive - Architecture

Cisco is hiring an Inside Account Executive - Architecture. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.

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  • Level rates this sales role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
  • The posting mentions CRM, AI Tools and inside sales among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as a senior role.
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Inside Account Executive focused on driving revenue for Cisco cloud and AI products while utilizing AI tools for sales enablement.

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職務概要

インサイドセールス・アカウントエグゼクティブは、シスコのクラウドおよびAI製品に焦点を当て、担当範囲内における収益拡大を牽引する役割を担います。本ポジションでは、リード創出、パイプラインの健全性維持、およびパートナー企業のイネーブルメント(支援・有効化)を重視し、パートナー企業と緊密に連携しながら、案件の進捗および成約を推進します。

業務内容

  • パートナー支援および協業: ツール、市場インサイト、および戦略的サポートを提供することで、パートナー企業が複雑なセールスサイクルを円滑に進められるよう導き、強固なパイプラインを構築します。

  • 案件およびパイプライン管理: リードの適格性評価から案件の成約に至るまでのセールスプロセスを管理し、週次・月次の正確なフォーキャストおよびCRMの更新を行います。

  • ソリューション提案型営業: 顧客のビジネス課題を深く理解し、主に提案および設計フェーズにおいて、顧客のニーズに合わせた最適なシスコのソリューションを提案します。

  • データ駆動型の営業活動: RADデータやAIツールを活用してターゲットアカウントを特定し、新規顧客を獲得するとともに、ポッド間での効率的なコラボレーションを促進します。

必須要件

  • SaaS、IT、またはネットワーク業界における、インサイドセールス、アカウントマネジメント、または事業開発の関連実務経験5年以上。

  • チャネルパートナー企業と緊密に連携し、案件の推進、共同提案、および成約に導いた実績。

  • 複雑なB2Bセールスサイクルを管理・推進できる高い能力。

  • ネットワークポートフォリオ、クラウド管理型IT、またはシスコのAIソリューションに関する強い技術的理解。

  • パイプライン管理および正確なフォーキャストのための、CRMツール、データ分析(RADを含む)、およびAIツールの熟練した活用スキル。

Position Overview:


The Inside Sales Account Executive position is responsible for driving revenue growth within the assigned pod by focusing on the Cisco cloud and AI products. This role emphasizes lead generation, pipeline health, and partner enablement, working closely with partner organizations to advance and close deals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner Support and Collaboration: Guide partners through complex sales cycles by providing tools, market insights, and strategic support to build a strong pipeline.

  • Opportunity and Pipeline Management: Manage the sales process from lead qualification through to deal closure, ensuring accurate weekly and monthly forecasting and CRM updates.

  • Solution Selling: Understand customer business challenges and propose Cisco solutions tailored to their needs, primarily during the proposal and design phases.

  • Data-Driven Sales Activities: Utilize RAD data and AI tools to identify target accounts, acquire new customers, and promote efficient collaboration across pods.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in inside sales, account management, or business development, preferably in SaaS, IT, or networking industries.

  • Proven experience collaborating closely with channel partners to drive deals, co-selling, and closing opportunities.

  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex B2B sales cycles

  • Strong technical understanding of network portfolios, cloud-managed IT, or Cisco AI solutions.

  • Proficiency in CRM tools, data analytics (including RAD), and AI tools for pipeline management and accurate forecasting.

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.

How we rate this

Inside Account Executive - Architecture at Cisco rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Inside SalesAccount ManagementB2b SalesPartner ChannelCloud SolutionsCRMAI Tools

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  1. Tell me about a project where inside sales was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where account management was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where b2b sales was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where partner channel was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where cloud solutions was part of your work. What did you do?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: Inside Sales, Account Management, B2b Sales, Partner Channel, and Cloud Solutions. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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