Adoption & Activation Manager, AI For Sales

Job Description:

• Own the health, momentum, operating cadence, and system of record for Cisco’s AI for Sales Center of Excellence
• Develop and implement tailored adoption plans for AI CoE sales initiatives, programs, and sales leadership personas
• Design and execute communications, training, and support strategies for the global sales organization
• Prioritize frontline-manager activation and create messaging and touchpoints that make managers visible AI role models
• Own recurring senior-leadership briefings, including format, content, follow-through, and required actions
• Design and sequence executive micro-learnings for Engagement Leads
• Partner with communications and Activation & Adoption teams to embed AI for Sales into leadership forums, team meetings, and all-hands
• Connect leadership outcomes such as forecast accuracy and customer-conversation quality to supporting AI capabilities
• Provide executives with a coherent, current view of program performance across the AI portfolio
• Translate complex adoption data into measurable actions for leaders
• Track progress along an AI-maturity path and validate measurement signals
• Orchestrate platform, communications, product, sales strategy, operations, and regional stakeholders
• Influence without authority across a complex, global, matrixed organization
• Use AI-enabled tools to improve program operations, reporting, and follow-through

Requirements:

• BA/BS or equivalent experience in Business, Communications, Marketing, Organizational Development, Sales Operations, or a related field
• 9+ years in executive communications, go-to-market/sales strategy, program management, enablement, change management, or a related discipline
• Experience owning a recurring, executive-facing program
• Experience running leadership cadences, managing a system of record, and driving accountability to named owners and deadlines
• Ability to translate complex, multi-source inputs into clear, compelling executive narratives
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
• Hands-on fluency with generative AI tools in daily work
• Genuine conviction about the value of generative AI and ability to build confidence with senior audiences
• Experience supporting sales, go-to-market, customer success, or other revenue-facing organizations preferred
• Experience with AI-powered tools, sales technology, or seller-productivity initiatives preferred
• Chief-of-staff, executive-communications, or senior-leadership-facing program experience preferred
• Ability to turn adoption data and field sentiment into actionable insight preferred
• Proven experience or certification with change-management methodologies such as Prosci ADKAR or CCMP preferred

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
• Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to eligibility and continued employment
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 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
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit, subject to availability and business limitations
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
• Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
• Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
• Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans
• Opportunities to grow and build
• Global collaboration with a worldwide network of experts