Cisco Senior Manager Corporate Development & IBC JV Venture Capital 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

109099897

The overall work will include inorganic strategy planning as well as deal sourcing and execution, working with and driving cross functional teams during the process. Some of the specific activities will include:

• Understanding the tech, startup and investment/deals landscape in India and developing views into specific market and technology segments
• Collaborating with Cisco global teams to understand Cisco’s overall and business/product strategy, and sourcing/executing deals to advance Cisco’s strategy inorganically in India
• Working closely with the Cisco India country leader and engineering leaders to create an overall inorganic strategy for India and source/execute relevant deals.
• Leading deals end-to-end, from sourcing, to building business cases and IC presentations, to leading diligence, negotiations and closing
• Representing Cisco on the boards of portfolio companies and helping drive the Cisco – portfolio company partnership.

Other critical strengths for the role could be:

• operational, strategy consulting, or deal experience within the technology market,
• understanding of market disruptions and emerging technology trends,
• strong communication and analytical skills, and
• proven leadership capabilities and the ability to operate successfully in a global, fast-paced, sometimes unstructured, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Self-starter who has the ability to drive and influence things in unstructured and structured environments working across multi-country teams
• MBA with an engineering background or strong interest in technology
• 10+ years of total experience in Venture Capital or I-banking, Corporate Strategy/Consulting in leadership positions. And/or business experience in the tech sector with a strong understanding of the VC/Investments Industry
• Minimum 3 years of transactional experience in Investments and/or Acquisitions
• Strong executive presence and leadership potential
• Strong analytical and financial skills to work on complex financial models with minimum supervision
• Strong industry background/network in the tech and startup ecosystem India
• Adept at preparing and presenting Investment cases for review by the Investment Committee
• Excellent communication and presentation skills