Partner Account Executive

Cisco · Calgary

Sales & Business

Cisco is hiring a Partner Account Executive in Calgary, Alberta. Posted 18 October 2026. Apply directly on Cisco's own careers site — no account needed.

役割の概要 パートナービジネス関係を統括する役割です。パートナーとの間で「信頼されるアドバイザー」としての関係を確立・維持し、パートナーのビジネスモデル、戦略、ケイパビリティを深く理解します。シスコの技術およびビジネス慣行の導入と拡大を促進し、パートナーの戦略をシスコの方向性と一致させることで、シスコが優先されるパートナーへと育成します。


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Owns the Partner business relationship. Establishes, develops and maintains trusted advisor relationships with Partners  and understands their business models, strategy and capabilities. Guides partner business strategies towards Cisco, encouraging the adoption and expansion of Cisco technologies and business practices and driving Cisco preference. Leverages market trends and insights to position Partners as preferred providers of Cisco technologies, expanding their practices to align with key products, services, and segments. Develops and executes strategic partner account plans, identifying priorities for performance optimization and transformation, while enabling capability development. Builds and/or strengthens Partner capabilities & practices and develops differentiated GTM strategies to drive growth across each practice. Orchestrates Partner ecosystems to align with the company’s technology portfolio, driving innovation, market expansion, and competitive differentiation. Engages sales teams early to align Partner capabilities with Cisco strategies, exposing and building upon services to enhance partner profitability and co-sell opportunities. Advocates for Partners within internal teams, integrating their capabilities into account plans and engaging specialists (e.g., solution engineers, practice sellers) to support Partner readiness and solution development. Plans and drives demand generation activities aligning Partner offerings and customer needs to create pipeline. Manages and maximizes business performance. Maximizes Partner programs and incentives, leverages and drives Partner investments, and drives operational excellence through integrated planning, forecasting, and performance monitoring (e.g., QBRs). Monitors and optimizes Partner performance through data-driven insights, utilizing profitability programs and methodologies to strengthen Partner success

• Specialization and Focus - Guide and influence Partners to align with the full portfolio of Cisco products and services with Partner’s strategic priorities; and fully utilize Cisco's programs, promotions and resources
• Customer Engagement and Accountability - Strong/primary influencer in Partner’s decision to make an investment, 80% of time spent on relationship orchestration, strategy & planning, practice development and business development with assigned Partner(s)
• The Internal Sales Process - All stages of the deal
• Corporate Interlock - Low to medium corporate interlock  (interaction with BE, region leaders)
• Typical Sales Cycle - Sales cycle varies, Deal complexity varies (may be high complexity if the Partner is moving toward more complex deals as solution selling becomes more prevalent, or involve ecosystem, software and/or architecture)
• Success Measures - Annual Business Plan with Key Initiatives and Revenue Goals ($ Target), Partner’s Cisco business growth (% Y/Y), Partner’s Value Index Score across the Portfolios (#), ROI on investments and Demand Generation activities (%)

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. 

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