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CDI ACT Program Manager

The application window is expected to close on: for U.S. ONLY December 20, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions.

**Meet the Team**

Cisco’s acquisition integration ecosystem is an experienced, close-knit, cross-functional team that grows with the dynamic (and oftentimes ambiguous) nature of integration with the shared goal of helping acquired businesses succeed at Cisco and achieve the agreed-upon business outcomes.

**Your Impact**

+ As a pivotal member of the Corporate Development Integration (CDI) team, you will play a key role in driving Cisco’s growth and business transformation. You will support strategic programs—including acquisitions, partnerships, divestitures, and joint ventures—by articulating value drivers, managing operational risk, and helping to build the achievement of value foundations.

+ You will collaborate closely with integration functional leads, senior managers, and subject matter authorities, facilitating alignment, clarity of objectives, and executive consensus. Your ability to connect with and bring out the best in others, even in complex and ambiguous situations, will help ensure successful outcomes for acquired businesses.

+ You’ll coordinate the development and execution of performance measurement frameworks, emphasizing leading indicators that guide leadership toward program objectives. Your strong business insight and broad thinking, combined with tactical execution, will be critical in anticipating roadblocks, prioritizing requirements, and adjusting plans to drive results without compromise.

+ Your role will also include facilitating integration practice tools, supporting operational diligence, managing risk and contingency plans, and acting as a liaison among PMO and cross-functional teams to ensure key information is shared for effective planning.

+ In this dynamic environment, your communication and influencing skills will be vital as you articulate sophisticated issues simply to various stakeholders—including management and executive leadership—while encouraging accountability and strong working relationships. You’ll identify opportunities to improve processes and take the initiative to implement optimizations that keep the team on track.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

+ BS/BA degree plus 4+ years of related experience

+ Ability to resolve issues quickly and efficiently

+ Strong Program Management experience

+ Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills

**Preferred Qualifications** :

+ Ability to form relationships with peers and management

+ Comfortable with change and ambiguity

+ Experience in one or more of the following fields: sales, channels, legal, product management, or customer success

+ Comfortable with change and ambiguity

+ Experience in one or more of the following fields: sales, channels, legal, product management, or customer success

**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.

**Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:**

The starting salary range posted for this position is $103,300.00 to $157,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

+ 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

+ 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

+ Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

+ 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

+ Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

+ Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$142,100.00 - $217,900.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$127,200.00 - $192,600.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.


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