Executive Assistant, VP, Area Sales (Remote)

Application window expected to close on 09/27/2026. This role can be performed from any location within the United States.

About the role

Meet the Team: This role will support a VP of Area Sales. Your Impact: You will be extremely forward-thinking with a professional and approachable demeanor in all interactions; possess outstanding communication skills with all levels of staff, executives, customers, vendors; and good judgment.

Responsibilities

• Handles VP's calendar by prioritizing schedules and meetings; decides who gets on the principal’s calendar, which meetings are attended, and who can attend in their place.
• Handles a running list of VP’s speaking engagements and works closely with communications team to ensure content needs are understood and set in motion so VP is prepared for each engagement.
• Assists VP in planning and organizing meetings by assembling the agenda, location, meeting technology based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics; prepares meeting briefing documents by taking and disseminating notes and formulating post‑meeting action item list.
• Builds travel packs for international trips and large domestic events (e.g., Cisco Live), combining event information, coordinating logistics of travel and customer/team requests.
• Acts as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized; answers general questions, refers routine matters to appropriate parties, follows up to ensure accurate completion; takes initiative to resolve issues within policies and provides mentoring to administrative community members on problem solving; determines when executive action is required and supplies recommendations.
• Responsible for making in‑depth global travel arrangements for VP; decides optimum travel arrangements and itinerary for calendared meetings while handling Cisco expenses; works with airlines directly to accommodate Global Services benefits for upgrades when available.
• Provides analytical support to assist executives on special projects: researches issues, analyzes problems, compiles data, and prepares reports.
• Prepares and briefs itinerary and accompanies VP for large Corporate Events such as GSX, where EA's are used for executive support.
• Maintains confidentiality when dealing with sensitive and confidential matters and materials.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in an administrative environment.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience supporting a principal who was at the director level or above.
• Expert level knowledge of Windows desktop computer applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Experience in calendar management, planning meetings and coordinating travel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to connect with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Past work experience in the high‑tech industry is desired; prior Cisco experience preferred.
• Associate’s degree.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long‑term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• 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 per full calendar year, accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period for full‑time employees.
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off