Partner Success Manager

Partner Success Manager

Location:Bern, Switzerland

Alternate LocationZurich

Area of InterestCustomer Experience

Job TypeProfessional

Technology Interest*None

Job Id1429166

Travel Required: up to 50%

What You'll Do

As a Partner Success Manager, you will work closely with our Partners to enable them to build a successful customer success practice. You will be the CX point-of-contact with your aligned Partners, helping them drive software adoption and accelerate the customer lifecycle. Your responsibilities will include:

• Enabling key Partners to own the adoption of Cisco Software through available programs.
• Supporting partners in delivering Success Programs and initiatives with their providing insights to optimize these programs.
• Facilitating workshops and training sessions to educate partners on our products, using successful case studies to drive onboarding.
• Acting as a liaison between Partners and Cisco’s CX product teams, sharing feedback to advise on product development and improvements.
• Supervising and reporting on the progress of adoption initiatives, assessing their impact, and iterating on strategies as needed.

Who You'll Work With

You will collaborate with our Partners and Customer Success Specialist Teams to drive software adoption. Additionally, you will partner with our Sales, Renewals, and the PAM team to assist in driving Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

Who You Are

You are dynamic and strategic, with a strong focus on enabling partners to drive customer adoption of solutions and increase their success. You excel at helping partners connect Cisco software to agreed-upon success measures and remove adoption barriers. Your expertise in driving usage consumption, customer satisfaction (CSAT), renewals, and expansion is unparalleled. You are a coach and mentor, working closely with partners to build their Customer Success best standards. Your collaborative approach ensures that partners are well-equipped to drive the renewal and growth of Cisco's software business. Your ability to align with partners and support their success is key to achieving shared business objectives and delivering outstanding value to customers.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5 years of related experience
• Experience with development and execution of adoption plans across technology portfolio (e.g. Security, Observability, Networking)
• 3 years of Partner enablement including software adoption across Partner ecosystem
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
• Financial and/or adoption forecasting experience
• Strong written and spoken English and French or German language skills

Why Cisco?

WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

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