Sr. Executive Assistant, EVP, Chief Legal Officer (Hybrid)

About the role

Cisco is seeking a senior Executive Assistant Professional to provide support for the Executive Vice President of Legal. The role is hybrid and based in Cisco’s San Jose office.

Responsibilities

• Managing Executive VP's calendar and daily schedule to include prioritizing conflicting meeting requests, supervising action items and commitments of executive and following-up to ensure completion.
• Managing a running list of EVP's engagements and works closely with communications team to ensure content needs are understood and set in motion so the EVP is prepared for each engagement.
• Assisting EVP in planning and organizing meetings by taking ownership for assembling the agenda, location, accommodating technology requirements based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics.
• Preparing meeting briefing documents by taking and disseminating notes and formulating post meeting action item list.
• Creating travel packs for international trips. This work includes combining all event information in addition to coordinated logistics of travel and also customer/team asks.
• Supporting EVP by acting as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized.
• Taking initiative to resolve issues within specified policies and guidelines, and providing mentorship to administrative community members on problem solving.
• Determining when executive action is required and supplying a recommendation where appropriate.
• Responsible for making in-depth global travel arrangements for EVP and handling Cisco expenses.
• Providing analytical support to assist executive on special projects.
• Researching issues, analyzing problems, compiling data, and preparing reports.
• Dealing professionally with highly sensitive and confidential matters and materials.
• Mentor new Executive Administrative Assistants and other administrators.
• Participate in a cross-functional EA network and lead the organization’s community of Admins.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in administrative environment and at least 4 years supporting at the SVP level or above.
• Expert level knowledge of Microsoft desktop computer applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in planning meetings and coordinating travel.
• Ability to navigate web and email with high competency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients.
• Advanced desktop calendar management program experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Past work experience in the high-tech industry.
• Proven experience in a highly confidential environment.

Benefits

The starting salary range posted for this position is $131,600.00 to $166,900.00 and reflects the 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 is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 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 a 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
• 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.