Expression of Interest - Program Manager
Application Date Open from 23 October 2024 to 22 November 2024
Role Type - Full time
Who You Are
- Become a trusted advisor, aligning closely with ERO Global Leaders and Executive Sponsors to support community strategy development and execution & maximize community impact
- For APJC region, country, and sites … oversee all efforts related to inclusive communities, enabling cross-community engagements among EROs and ERNs
- Champion Cisco’s accessibility efforts across APJC, from a platform of deep knowledge of our strategy and action plans
- Actively participate at regional and global community meetings, events, and community digital forums
- Partner with leads and exec sponsors on annual strategy / plan and funding forecast
- Provide oversight and support the planning of global PRIDE & CDAN experiences, and cross-community APJC regional experiences
- Help build strategies on expanding adoption of I&C initiatives for function through our inclusive communities within APJC
- Stay informed of inclusive community member emails alias/Webex rooms/SharePoint sites that offer insights for community members and regional sentiments
- Raise visibility of community efforts by creating CEC/Blog content related to APJC Inclusive Community events, stories, and outcomes in partnership with IFS and corporate communications teams
- Create executive briefing documents pre/post events and track outcomes
Qualifications & Skills
Required- Background (5+ years) in diversity and inclusion and/or community management
- Fluency in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging solutions
- Ability to navigate challenging conversations, with focus on advocacy of the LGBTQ+ community
- Depth of experience in disability community, to champion the advancement of accessibility across APJC & Cisco globally
- Comfortable in working fast paced environments and able to prioritize critical work
- Solid organizational & program management skills: ability to focus and make progress towards both short term goals and long-term objectives of ICX (Inclusive Community Experience) team
- Strong oral presentation skills to communicate with program stakeholders at all levels
- Relationship builder and ability to influence
- Willingness to grow with the team and tackle administrative tasks as required
Preferred- BA/BS degree
- SharePoint, social media, content creation skills
- Strong skills in Powerpoint and Excel
- We connect everything – people, process, data and things – and we use those connections to change our world for the better.
- We innovate everywhere - From launching a new era of networking that adapts, learns and protects, to building Cisco Services that accelerate businesses and business results. Our technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education and more – from Smart Cities to your everyday devices.
- We benefit everyone - We do all of this while striving for a culture that empowers every person to be the difference, at work and in our communities.