Executive Assistant

The application window is expected to close on: 09/14/2026Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Join Cisco’s Infrastructure Engineering organization, where you’ll support a Vice President and partner with engineering leaders across a global, collaborative team. Together, you’ll help enable operational excellence and support the execution of key business priorities that drive Cisco’s innovative networking technologies.

Your Impact

In this role, you will provide high-level administrative support to one or more Vice President-level leaders by managing complex calendars, coordinating domestic and international travel, and planning executive meetings and events. You will build strong partnerships across Cisco while serving as a trusted advisor who anticipates executive needs, resolves challenges proactively, and ensures priorities are executed efficiently. Success in this role requires exceptional organization, sound judgment, discretion with confidential information, and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

• Manage complex executive calendars, meeting logistics, and scheduling across multiple time zones to optimize executive productivity.
• Coordinate domestic and international travel, prepare travel briefings and itineraries, and ensure seamless execution of executive engagements.
• Plan and execute executive meetings, team events, offsites, workshops, and speaking engagements by managing agendas, logistics, communications, and follow-up activities.
• Build collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders while serving as a trusted point of contact for executive communications and confidential matters.
• Support operational excellence by managing expense reports, special projects, technology adoption, records management, and administrative best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of administrative support experience in a corporate environment.
• 2+ years of experience supporting Director-level or above leaders.
• Experience managing complex executive calendars, scheduling, and meeting coordination across multiple time zones.
• Experience coordinating domestic and international travel, including itinerary management and travel logistics.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools (such as Outlook, Teams, Webex, or similar platforms) to support executive operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Vice President-level executives in a fast-paced, global organization.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and proactively solve problems.
• Experience planning executive events, offsites, and cross-functional meetings while building collaborative relationships across teams.

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 $97,700.00 to $129,800.00 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, a…