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What You'll Do

Cisco is looking for an innovative, ambitious, data-driven individual who can assist the Supply Chain Human Rights team in achieving our ambitions to make impact. You'll need to work cross-functionally to help implement initiatives and drive progress to achieve our responsible sourcing goals. You will:

• Develop project scopes of work; develop project plans and roadmaps.
• Initiate projects and see them through completion; coordinate and monitor progress; anticipate and mitigate project risks and raise attention as needed.
• Run multiple projects at once, including existing and developing new projects, across multiple time zones and geographies.
• Communicate, collaborate, and maintain alignment among project collaborators so that the project achieves the intended outcomes and results.
• Develop and implement research projects such as benchmarking analyses to answer a strategic question and inform strategy development.
• Compile, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to identify trends and tell a story.
• Streamline processes to make them more efficient and effective at delivering outcomes.
• Develop decision trees for conducting due diligence, frameworks for assessing risks and opportunities, and/or adapt existing processes to new problems and emerging risks.
• Develop processes to lead the team’s integration into supplier lifecycle management
• Assist in writing, creating, and building communications materials including PowerPoint decks, process documents, issue briefs, and reports.
• Support the team in developing and maintaining metrics on program effectiveness.

Who You Will Work With

The Human Rights Project Manager will be part of a passionate, hard-working, close-knit, and diverse distributed team that is dedicated to the mission of supply chain sustainability. Your partners are individual contributors and leaders across the supply chain organization (SCO), including supply chain management, manufacturing operations, quality, and supply chain transformation teams.

Who You Are

You are a bold person who has experience and real passion for sustainability, particularly social responsibility and human rights. You believe in making impact, reaching outcomes and are adaptable in making things happen. You communicate efficiently, listen carefully, collaborate to get results, and are open to learning. You are meticulous and data driven. You think deeply about sophisticated issues and are eager to take on complex projects by brainstorming transformational ideas. You are comfortable with being uncomfortable and do not see the world in black and white, but shades of gray. You are able to balance ‘on-time’ results with getting the project done ‘right’.

You should also have experience in working with cross-functional teams, interpreting and handling data, communications, and research, and be highly resilient to change and solving for incomplete or not-readily-available information. Intellectual curiosity is a must; supply chain experience will be highly beneficial.

Minimum requirements for this role

• An undergraduate degree preferably in business, project management, human rights, or sustainability fields
• 3+ years project/program management experience
• Strong research, writing, and data analysis capabilities
• Proficient handling large datasets in Excel and adept at designing clear, compelling visuals in Powerpoint, and using Microsoft Word
• Excellent communication and team-building skills

Why Cisco? #WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you! Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise. We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that). We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions. So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

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

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.