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Cisco

Makes networking gear and security software

Sales Business Development Manager - Automotive

Business Development & PartnershipsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree and 4 years of related experience, or a PhD and 1 year of related experience.

Responsibilities

  • Identify short- and long-term sales opportunities and drive demand generation, business development, and proposal development as a subject matter expert.
  • Build a qualified opportunity pipeline, cultivate new customer relationships, identify upsell opportunities, and partner with account teams to shape and close complex deals.
  • Develop technology-, solution-, and industry-based offerings and new consumption models aligned with customer needs and Cisco’s business objectives.
  • Build and deepen relationships with new and existing customers and key decision-makers; identify stakeholders, customer priorities, upsell opportunities, and areas to expand Cisco’s wallet share.
  • Lead discovery sessions and workshops to address complex customer needs and develop new opportunities.
  • Engage stakeholders beyond traditional IT organizations, including Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Vehicle Software, Connected Services, Mobility, and Business Strategy.
  • Identify and qualify short- and long-term opportunities across multiple products, solutions, and geographies.
  • Conduct targeted prospecting and market research to uncover customer needs, industry trends, and competitive opportunities.
  • Build a qualified pipeline and engage appropriate account teams to execute and close opportunities.
  • Shape complex, multi-product deals by aligning technical, commercial, and customer requirements.
  • Tailor deal structures to meet customer timelines and objectives while aligning with Cisco’s business goals.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams across Account Teams, Business Units, Product, Services, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and Partners.
  • Optimize CRM and forecasting processes to improve pipeline quality and accuracy.
  • Develop new business opportunities across the automotive industry and maximize Cisco’s relevance throughout the vehicle lifecycle and automotive value chain.
  • Develop Cisco’s value proposition for connected-car connectivity, data exchange, cloud/edge integration, vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity, and connected vehicle ecosystems.
  • Develop Cisco’s value proposition for software-defined vehicles across vehicle, edge, cloud, networking, security, observability, data, and AI architectures.
  • Develop opportunities connecting vehicles and automotive customers with smart cities, intelligent transportation, mobility services, and connected infrastructure.
  • Identify opportunities in smart manufacturing, industrial networking, security, edge computing, AI, and manufacturing transformation.
  • Identify opportunities across the vehicle lifecycle, from R&D, design, engineering, and manufacturing through sales, vehicle operation, connected services, after-sales, and end-of-life.
  • Expand Cisco’s relevance across OEMs, suppliers, manufacturing operations, dealers, mobility providers, technology partners, and other ecosystem participants.
  • Develop new use cases, commercial approaches, and consumption models that accelerate customer adoption and create scalable revenue opportunities.
  • Act as an automotive industry subject matter expert, connecting customer strategy and emerging industry requirements with Cisco capabilities.
  • Provide structured market and customer feedback to Product and Engineering teams to influence future solutions and product enhancements.
  • Work across Cisco organizations to create integrated, cross-architectural offerings and convert emerging customer requirements into scalable solutions and business opportunities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience or expertise in the automotive industry, connected car, software-defined vehicles, smart mobility, smart cities, automotive manufacturing, or related technology ecosystems is preferred.

About the Company

Cisco

Makes networking gear and security software

Cisco makes the switches and routers that connect offices, data centers, and cloud services, and it also sells cybersecurity tools and Webex video meetings to businesses and governments. It was one of the first companies to sell routers that let different kinds of computer networks exchange data, and in 2000 it briefly became the world's most valuable company. Customers run its network gear, from Wi-Fi access points to AI data center systems, with Cisco software that sets up and secures the network, while its Splunk unit searches computer logs to catch outages and attacks. Cisco earns money from hardware sales, software subscriptions, and support contracts. It was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1984

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