Job description

The Partner Account Executive – UAE role at Cisco operates within the Sales function and serves as a strategic bridge between Cisco and its most influential ecosystem partners, focusing on driving national-scale digital transformation initiatives. The role is embedded in a high-energy, collaborative, and fast-paced team environment responsible for orchestrating complex partner-led sales motions to ensure Cisco is positioned as the partner of choice for cutting-edge AI and cloud computing initiatives. The position involves aligning Cisco’s objectives with global infrastructure trends, supporting national digital strategies, and maintaining Cisco’s long-term growth and market relevance. The Partner Account Executive acts as a trusted advisor to strategic accounts involved in AI advancement and national infrastructure, develops and executes partner sales strategies, collaborates with cross-functional internal teams, manages partner enablement activities, and tracks performance metrics to ensure successful execution of joint go-to-market plans. The role requires deep engagement with senior executives, strong financial and operational acumen, experience in cloud technologies, subscription-based and managed services business models, and familiarity with Cisco’s portfolio including networking, data center, cloud, security, and AI solutions, with a strong emphasis on the UAE and broader Middle East market.