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Account Executive - Portfolio - Commercial

Cisco · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
Business Development$260k–$352k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Application window close date: "09/29/2026" and "September 30, 2026". There's duplication; we need preserve all substantive info. Probably we can combine: "Application window expected to close on September 30, 2026 (or 09/29/2026)". But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We can include both statements as separate sentences. - Candidate must be located in or willing to relocate to the Houston Metro region. - "Meet The Team" heading? Not required as section; we can treat as prose. - "Are you passionate about technology? ..." is intro. - "As a Portfolio Account Executive at Cisco, you’ll play a pivotal role..." etc. - "Your Impact" paragraph. - Minimum Qualifications list. - Preferred Qualifications list. - "Why Cisco?" paragraph. - Message to applicants about salary range: starting salary range posted for this position is $259,900.00 to $351,700.00 and reflects projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay determined by location etc. Then list full salary ranges for certain locations: New York City Metro Area $292,000.00 - $440,900.00; Non-Metro New York State & Washington State $269,300.00 - $411,100.00. Also note for quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. Also mention Illinois time off program. - Benefits: "U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance." Also mention restricted stock units, paid time away details: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees, 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco; Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees; Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations); 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next; Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members; Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer; For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. Then details of quota-based incentive pay rates. - Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned. There's travel required: "Ability to travel as needed to customer sites for in person meetings/engagements." "Local travel and some overnight travel is required." No explicit schedule like full-time, part-time, remote. So we should not create a Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It does not state schedule like "Full-time" etc. So we omit Schedule. - Pay: we have salary range info, so we can create Pay section. - Benefits: we have benefits info, so Benefits section. - Skills: maybe we can extract from Preferred Qualifications etc. But we need to decide sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (maybe from "Your Impact" and bullet points), Requirements (Minimum Qualifications), Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications), Skills (maybe combine some skills like communication, presentation, collaboration). But we must not create thin sections; prefer few substantive sections. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But rules: we can use headings for those sections if they have real content. We have Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications; both are substantive. Could make Requirements = Minimum Qualifications, Qualifications = Preferred Qualifications. Skills maybe not needed if we can incorporate into Qualifications. But we need to follow instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It suggests those are possible headings, but we should include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we can include those that have content. Thus we can have: - About the role (intro paragraph about role, mission, team) - Responsibilities (Your Impact bullet points) - Requirements (Minimum Qualifications) - Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications) - Benefits (benefits description) - Pay (salary range info) We might also include Skills if we have distinct skills not covered elsewhere. But we could incorporate communication etc into Qualifications. To avoid thin sections, maybe we skip Skills. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Portfolio Account Executive". Good. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's duplicated line about application window close; we need to keep both? It says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep both statements, even if duplicated? It says remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate. The two lines: "The application window is expected to close on: 09/29/2026" and "The application window is expected to close on September 30, 2026". They are similar but not identical; one includes colon and date format, other is spelled out. Could be considered duplicated meaning but different format. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines likely means exact duplicates. These are not exact duplicates; they differ. So we keep both? Might be considered redundant but not exact duplicate. Safer to keep both. Also line: "Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received." That's substantive? It's about posting removal; maybe we keep as part of About the role? It's not boilerplate; it's about the posting. Could keep as a short paragraph. Candidate location requirement: keep. Now craft HTML. We'll need

headings and then content:

for prose,

  • for lists. Let's extract content. About the role: combine introductory paragraphs: - "Are you passionate about technology? Are you looking to build a sales career at an established, strong, and evolving company? As a Portfolio Account Executive at Cisco, you’ll play a pivotal role in the sales process and work with the portfolio of technology products. This position covers our Commercial sector accounts." - "Meet The Team" maybe not needed. - "You will be facilitating the success of the Houston Texas Region Cisco Sales Team in selling our Portfolio of products with measurable sales objectives for the region you support. You will be quick to find opportunities, able to handle people and prioritize sales engagements, highly capable as a trusted consultant and mentor to salespeople, and committed to improving the competency of the team. You will be responsible for developing a business plan to meet and exceed assigned quota. You will plan sales strategies, develop proposals, deliver customer presentations, and drive brand preference for Cisco. You’ll help advance the Commercial Sales Team and help make an impact in the community around you." - Also note about application window close and removal. - Candidate location requirement. We'll put that in About the role. Responsibilities: Could be the bullet points from "Your Impact" and maybe also "You will be responsible for developing a business plan..." etc. But those are already in About the role. Might be better to separate: Responsibilities = list of duties: plan sales strategies, develop proposals, deliver customer presentations/demos, create new business opportunities, facilitate success of sales team, find opportunities, handle people, prioritize sales engagements, act as trusted consultant/mentor, improve team competency, develop business plan to meet/exceed quota, drive brand preference, advance Commercial Sales Team, impact community. We can extract from text. Let's list responsibilities: - Plan sales strategies - Develop proposals - Deliver customer presentations/demos - Create new business opportunities - Facilitate success of the Houston Texas Region Cisco Sales Team in selling Portfolio of products with measurable sales objectives - Be quick to find opportunities - Handle people and prioritize sales engagements - Act as a trusted consultant and mentor to salespeople - Improve the competency of the team - Develop a business plan to meet and exceed assigned quota - Drive brand preference for Cisco - Help advance the Commercial Sales Team - Help make an impact in the community around you We can put as
      . Requirements (Minimum Qualifications): list: - 5+ years of proven sales experience in a technology customer facing role. - Ability to travel as needed to customer sites for in person meetings/engagements. - Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience. - Proven track record in managing and winning major strategic opportunities, with the ability to work unsupervised; ability to interact as a valuable team member. - Experienced in multi-level selling, comfortable influencing CxO, IT Managers, Purchasing, etc. We'll put as
        . Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications): list: - Technical software sales experience is desired. - Ability to handle a long and complex sales cycle. - Excellent written and verbal communications skills. - Strong listening and presentation skills. - Ability to collaborate with multiple teams and multiple levels of the organizations (account managers, technical leaders, Partners, Channels, etc.). - Requires a solution sales approach versus a product specific approach. - Must work well in teams and be able to create an outcome where everybody wins. - Position requires a passion for driving strategies; a strong personality with demonstrated leadership skills working in a complex matrix organization. - Local travel and some overnight travel is required. We'll put as
          . Benefits: list benefits: - Medical, dental and vision insurance - 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution - Paid parental leave - Short and long-term disability coverage - Basic life insurance - Grants of Cisco restricted stock units (vest following continued employment) - Paid time away: - 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees - 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday - Paid year-end holiday shutdown - 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco - Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees - Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) - 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

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