Executive Assistant, VP, Chief Audit Executive (Hybrid)

Application window is expected to close 11/22/2025. However, the job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This is a hybrid role with two-three days per week at Cisco's San Jose or RTP office, but will consider remote candidates from any location within the United States.

Meet the Team

The Executive Assistant will report to and support the VP, Chief Audit Executive of Governance, Risk, and Controls (GRC). GRC is a global team of approximately 50 internal audit professionals. We conduct audit and advisory services designed to add value and improve Cisco's operations by providing the Audit Committee and senior management with assurance as to the effectiveness and efficiency of risk management and controls throughout the company.

Your Impact

You are a forward-thinking professional with an approachable demeanor that enjoys working in a collaborative environment. You possess outstanding communication skills with peers, all levels of staff, executives, board members, and vendors. You have a foundation of good judgement, outstanding attention to detail, and the ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential materials with the utmost discretion and integrity. Key responsibilities for this role include:

* Calendar Management: Handles the Chief Internal Audit Executive's calendar by prioritizing schedules and meetings, including critical Audit Committee meetings and interactions with senior leadership.

* Audit Committee and Board Engagement Coordination: Manages all logistical and preparatory aspects for Audit Committee meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation and distribution, coordinating meeting logistics and technology, distributing highly confidential materials, and coordinating follow-up actions. Serves as a key liaison between the Chief Internal Audit Executive and the Audit Committee members.

* Meeting Planning and Organization: Assists the Chief Internal Audit Executive in planning and organizing meetings by being responsible for the assembling of agendas, location, meeting technology based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics. This includes securely managing highly sensitive materials, presentations, and briefing documents for internal stakeholders and the Audit Committee. May further prepare meeting briefing documents by taking and disseminating notes and formulating post-meeting action item lists.

* Travel and Expense Management: Responsible for making global travel arrangements. Carefully considers and decides the optimum travel arrangements and itinerary for calendared meetings while handling Cisco expenses.

* Technically Savvy: Possess a high degree of technical proficiency and use of Windows applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and collaborative meeting applications (Webex). Able to effectively solve problems when technical issues arise.

Minimum Qualifications
* 4+ years' experience in administrative environment. A minimum of 2 years of experience supporting a principal who was at the director level or above.
* Expert level knowledge of Windows desktop computer applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
* High degree of technical proficiency utilizing collaborative meeting applications: Webex
* Experience in calendar management, planning meetings and coordinating travel.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to connect with all levels of Executive/Senior staff and clients.

Preferred Qualifications
* Past work experience in the high-tech industry is desired, prior Cisco experience preferred.
* Associates degree

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.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.