About Cisco

The Strategic Alliances team is part of Cisco’s Corporate Strategy organization, and defines the company’s global strategy for our most critical partnerships.

Excerpted from one of Cisco's open partner manager postings.

Compensation Context

This company's median disclosed compensation for director partner roles is $291K. The national median for director partner manager roles in our dataset is $140K, meaning Cisco posts roughly 108 percent above the national median for this seniority.

For the full seniority-by-seniority comparison, see our state of partner manager compensation analysis.

Seniority Mix

Open partner roles at Cisco span the mid and director bands (mid (1), director (2)). The seniority breakdown shapes whether the company is building a partner org (more director-and-above hiring) or staffing it out (more mid-level hiring).

Partner Program Signals

Structural signals extracted from this company's open partner job descriptions:

  • Enterprise: Enterprise segment focus, typical deal size in the $100K+ range.
  • Enterprise Deal: Deal sizes regularly land in the enterprise range.
  • Equity: Equity compensation is part of the package.
  • Uncapped: Uncapped variable compensation.

Tool Stack Mentioned in Postings

Named tools and platforms that appear in this company's partner manager job descriptions, weighted by mention count.

Catalyst (1)

Where They Hire

Open partner postings appear in the following locations:

  • San Jose, CA, US (1)
  • Reno, NV (1)
  • San Francisco, CA (1)

Open Partner Manager Roles at Cisco

Title Location Salary Range Seniority
Director Strategic Alliances Bay Area/ Seattle or San Diego San Jose, CA, US $217K - $364K Director
Director Strategic Alliances-Bay Area OR Seattle, WA (Hybrid) San Francisco, CA Not disclosed Director
Partner Alliance Manager - Splunk PBST Reno, NV Not disclosed Mid

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