Executive Assistant – Senior Director, Strategy & Planning
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Job Description
Remote Executive Assistant supporting Cisco’s Senior Director of Americas Sales Strategy and Planning. Managing calendars, meetings, travel, expenses, confidential matters, and strategic projects.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and prioritize the Senior Director’s calendars, schedules, and meetings
- Decide who gets on the principal’s calendar and meeting attendance substitutions
- Plan and organize meetings, including agendas, locations, technology, and logistics
- Prepare meeting briefing documents, disseminate notes, and formulate post-meeting action items
- Act as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized
- Answer general questions, refer routine matters, and follow up on completion
- Resolve issues within policies and guidelines
- Mentor administrative community members on problem solving
- Determine when executive action is required and provide recommendations
- Make in-depth global travel arrangements and optimize itineraries
- Handle Cisco expenses
- Provide analytical support for executive special projects
- Research issues, analyze problems, compile data, and prepare reports
- Plan offsite events and attend as needed
- Handle sensitive and confidential matters professionally
Requirements:
- 4+ years’ experience in an administrative environment
- Minimum 2 years of experience supporting a principal at the Senior Director level or above
- Experience providing support at the VP/Senior Director level
- Expert-level knowledge of Windows desktop applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience in calendar management, meeting planning, and travel coordination
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to connect with executive/senior staff and clients
- Strong interpersonal skills and independent judgment
- Utmost integrity and ability to balance strategic and tactical actions
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Ability to handle confidential information
- Preferred: high-tech industry experience
- Preferred: prior Cisco experience
- Associates Degree preferred
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
- Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 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 per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
- Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st
- Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
- Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies






