The application window is expected to close on: December 23rd, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

As the Solutions Engineering Leader for Canada, you will join Cisco’s Canadian leadership team and report directly to the President of Cisco Canada. You will lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing team of Solutions Engineers across the country. Together, you will serve as champions for technical excellence and innovation—fostering a culture of inclusion, continuous learning, and collaboration. Your team partners closely with other Cisco functions, including Engineering, Architecture, Customer Experience (CX), Partners, Marketing, and Sales, to deliver exceptional value to our customers and drive Cisco’s presence in the Canadian market.

Your Impact

• Lead, coach, and develop a world-class Solutions Engineering team—building technical, professional, and business capabilities.
• Attract, recruit, and retain top talent while fostering an inclusive, innovative, and high-performing culture.
• Align Cisco solutions to customer business priorities, acting as a trusted technical advisor and executive sponsor.
• Champion a customer-first mentality by delivering measurable value and driving customer satisfaction throughout the lifecycle—Land, Adopt, Expand, Renew.
• Leverage data-driven insights, performance metrics, and KPIs to assess and elevate team execution, capacity, and market alignment.
• Drive strategic collaboration across internal and external networks to deliver innovative and differentiated solutions.
• Serve as a thought leader and technical visionary, building Cisco’s market presence through events, social channels, and leadership engagements.
• Embrace and lead change, including AI adoption, to keep the team agile, future-ready, and at the forefront of industry trends.
• Partner with business entities and global architecture teams to develop customer solutions that are technically sound, cost-effective, and aligned with Cisco’s strategy.
• Influence strategic direction and execution for the Canadian SE team in alignment with WW Sales and Global Systems Engineering.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years experience leading and developing high-performing customer-facing technical teams.
• Second-line leadership experience required
• Experience in networking, security, collaboration, or related technology domains.
• Strong understanding of Cisco’s portfolio across hardware, software, and services.
• Experience driving business outcomes and revenue growth.
• Experience building and maintaining executive-level relationships.
• Understanding of digital transformation trends and methodologies.
• Ability to articulate technical vision and strategy.
• Data-driven decision-making skills and experience with performance metrics.
• Location: Canada Remote, with Ontario or Quebec preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategic thinking and execution, with the ability to define and deliver on a long-term vision.
• Demonstrated talent development and succession planning expertise.
• Change management and adaptability in dynamic environments.
• Executive presence, with strong communication and presentation skills.
• Cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Inclusive leadership, fostering diversity and a culture where every voice is valued.
• Strong business acumen, including revenue and performance metrics management, customer lifecycle value realization, and market and competitive intelligence.
• AI and emerging technology fluency.
• Experience influencing senior leadership and contributing to strategic decision-making.
• Track record of building market presence through speaking engagements, industry events, and social media thought leadership.

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Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $381,200.00 to $482,600.00 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. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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, 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. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:
$372,600.00 - $540,900.00

Non-Metro New York state& Washington state:
$355,700.00 - $516,300.00

• 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.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.