Account Executive - Service Provider

Meet the Team

Looking to be part of an innovative and dynamic team? Why not join the Europe, Middle East & Africa Service Provider team at Cisco? There has never been a better time than now to be a part of the Service Provider (SP) industry. Over the last two years, we have seen the acceleration of the digital economy. The role of SPs has never been more important in keeping organizations and customers connected. SPs have proven resilience as they quickly adapted to the sudden shifts in demand and will continue to be the backbone of emerging societies, markets, and industries. As we move forward, they will continue to evolve their strategies to meet shifting customer needs and expectations, providing secure, resilient, balanced, and reliably connected purpose-centric ecosystems. Join us! Be part of an incredible team where you can help build the bridge to possible.

We are Cisco Sales. We sell solutions and products that make our customers successful. Our focus is to tackle customers’ most critical problems and help them harness new market opportunities. We anticipate our customers’ needs as the world shifts in an outstanding transformation and technology impacts everything. You will join a team of highly skilled sales professionals working with Pre-sales Engineering to plan sales strategies, develop proposals, deliver customer presentations, and close the business. At Cisco, you will be the first to benefit from what our technology can offer. Our approach is to enable you to be flexible in how you arrange your work, making sure you give and take the best.

Your Impact

We are looking for an Account Executive with a focus on growing Cisco business with Service Providers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this job, you will:

• Focus on customer experience and become your customers' trusted advisor.
• Own and develop the Cisco Account Management Business Plan.
• Orchestrate cross-functional team members to deliver complete business solutions.
• Plan and implement the sales strategy to meet the agreed landmarks and timescales and ensure that sales targets are achieved or exceeded.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Deliver accurate business metrics, monthly forecasts, weekly commits, and pipeline development reports.
• Anticipate any change in the opportunities, market, customer needs, and requirements that could impact the overall revenue target.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of shown success in achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Mastery in developing trusted customer relationships with both technical decision-makers and the business.
• Sense for business, flexibility, and the instincts to adapt to a high-energy, dynamic environment characterized by innovation and high growth expectations.
• Excel in working collaboratively within a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in English and Arabic languages.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Sales experience working with telecom/service provider customers.
• Strong Cisco or competitive technology understanding and business knowledge.
• Skilled in understanding the customers’ business drivers and aligning these to Cisco solutions.
• Negotiation skills to craft solutions that are beneficial to our customers and Cisco.
• Strong operational excellence and financial competence.
  
  

Why Cisco

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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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.