Cisco Strategy Planning Operations SPO Leader JAPAN 

Japan, Minato 

233694341

What You Will Do?

You will lead and develop a small team of Strategy and Operations professionals to identify and evaluate critical strategic priorities and accelerate action against these priorities through strategic and long-range business planning, performance management and operational excellence.

You will play a critical role to run and transforming the business, including:

Orchestrating the development of Japan Theater’s strategic priorities to grow over market growth, increasing market share and drive sustainable growth.

Leading the transformation of Japan Sales to SW/SaaS/Cloud

Shaping the execution of CDA programs

Designing go-to-market to capture growth in the most effective and efficient way, innovating sales motions

Incubating new initiatives until they are ready to scale

Leading operational excellence in funnel Management, forecast accuracy and talent

Drive field enablement for the Japan organization

Who You Will Work With?

You will be a senior leader in the APJC Strategy Planning & Operations function, an amazing team of 100 professionals in the region, responsible for identifying growth opportunities, prioritizing investments/divestments, innovating go-to-market, realizing operational efficiencies, and bringing AI to modernize sales operations.

Your role is people, data, and communications intensive; it requires excellent leadership, critical thinking, independence, organizational, data analysis and communication skills, and managing by influence.

10+ years in technology industry in a strategy & operations role or in a senior role in management consulting in the technology space.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Japanese and English; strong presentation skills and executive presence, with the ability to address and influence both executive and mid-level management.

Management Consulting experience from a top strategy consultancy is preferred

Strategic and innovative with an external awareness to adapt to market transitions and understand the nuances of selling complex solutions.

MBA from a top school is preferred

Industry experience in technology, particularly in SaaS and Cloud, is preferred

A self-starter, independent and a driver. Detail oriented, have a 'can-do' attitude, takes initiative and is highly organized. Acts with a sense of urgency.

We connect everything – people, process, data and things – and we use those connections to change our world for the better.

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.