Security, Strategic Account Executive- Region MD, DC, VA
Cisco
Application window is expected to close on 8/29/25.
The preferred location for this requisition is Maryland, District of Columbia, or Virginia.
Meet the Team
Join us as an Account Executive in our Global Security Sales Organization!
You are a highly motivated, entrepreneurial-minded sales professional with a curiosity about cybersecurity and drive to improve security resiliency in our customers and communities. As part of your DNA, you are a self-starter with a learning and competitive attitude. Cisco Account Executives are creative challengers with the ability to build strong executive and internal relationships through planning and accountability. You’ll hunt for opportunities to position
Cisco’s end-to-end security portfolio, as well as cross-sell with all Cisco solutions, to help customers and partners get the most security value.
You will:
• Develop and lead security account plans and strategies for each assigned region and the accounts assigned to it using all available resources (executive sponsors, marketing, technical, services, Cisco on Cisco, etc).• Drive double-digit revenue growth through new project identification, creation, and attach opportunities.
• Forecast and report activity accurately in line with expectations using SalesForce.com
• Identify major projects within the largest accounts and lead activities to improve product and service revenue across the account base.
• Provide customers and partners with pricing and configurations to meet their needs as required
• Forge high-level relationships within critical strategic accounts to win incremental product and service business
• Partner closely with technical resources to ensure technical excellence in all positioning, competitive analysis, proposals, and exchanges
• Team with the Cisco Channel Team and authorized channel partners on new and current sales opportunities demonstrating their capabilities where appropriate.
Your Impact
Empowering the world to reach its full potential, securely—that’s our vision. We do this by providing effective security solutions and becoming our customers' most trusted partner. With Cisco Security, if it’s connected, it’s protected.
You will be working with strategic customer accounts in the the designated Region. Our outstanding sales team is motivated by a passion for keeping customers secure in a world of evolving cyber threats. Let's build the future of networking and security together.
Who You Are
You will be responsible for all sales of Cisco Security solutions and services. You will forge and grow new relationships within the customer and partner base via both direct and indirect touch to drive significant revenue growth while ensuring internal alignment. You have a proven and quantifiable record of over-achievement. You can manage large deals and execute account and partner plans across geographic territories. You can build and complete an account plan that incorporates a total systems-based security approach.
You are adept at presenting to a largely technical audience and have experience applying solution-selling methodologies to increase corporate revenue growth. You also have a successful track record of closing both tactical and strategic opportunities. Ability to travel is required.
Minimum qualifications include:
• 7+ years of overall Cybersecurity Sales experience selling Security solutions.• Experience working with Strategic Customer Accounts with a business development background.
• Direct touch sales combined with experience working in a matrixed organization and working with partners to improve results
• Experience selling network security (Intrusion Detection, Firewall, VPN, and related technologies) or SaaS security offers
• Hybrid role with expectation to be in office 40% of the time.
• The qualified candidate must be located in Maryland, District of Columbia, or in Northern Virginia to service a set amount of strategic customer accounts.
Preferred qualifications:
• BS/BA or equivalent is highly preferred• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Proactive with the ability to succeed in a dynamic environment
• High level of attention to detail, able to demonstrate competence in building and driving a large geographic plan across multiple accounts
• MEDDPICC experience a plus
Why Cisco?
#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.
Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.