Adoption & Activation Manager, AI For Sales

Join a high-impact team at the center of Cisco's mission to revolutionize how organizations connect and protect in the AI era. As the Adoption & Activation Manager, AI for Sales, you will own the health and momentum of the AI for Sales CoE and the program that enables our AI CoE for Sales Engagement Leads to drive adoption with leaders and sellers.

What You Will Do

Your responsibilities include enabling executive & frontline-manager engagement, designing and executing detailed adoption plans, and prioritizing frontline-manager activation as a high-leverage audience.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be an AI-forward professional with genuine conviction about the technology, credible enough to be a trusted thought partner to the Engagement Leads and, when needed, to build confidence directly with senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• BA/BS or equivalent experience in Business, Communications, Marketing, Organizational Development, Sales Operations, or a related field
• 9+ years in executive communications, go-to-market/sales strategy, program management, enablement, change management, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience owning a recurring, executive-facing program — running leadership cadences, managing a system of record, and driving accountability to named owners and deadlines
• Proven ability to translate complex, multi-source inputs into clear, compelling executive narratives, and to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
• Hands-on fluency with generative AI tools in daily work, with genuine conviction about their value and the ability to build confidence with senior audiences

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Paid time away (10 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, 4 paid days off for personal wellness)
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
• Flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
• Performance-based incentive pay on top of base salary (sales roles)