Executive Assistant, VP, Engineering

The application window is expected to close on: 03/06/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. The application window is expected to close on 1/28/2025. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. There is a preference for candidates able to be onsite two days per week at Cisco’s San Jose office. However, this role can be performed from any location within the United States. Meet the Team The Security Engineering team is shaping the future of secure software and cloud platforms at Cisco. We embed security by default across the software development lifecycle, delivering deep software security visibility, resilient CI/CD pipelines, and industry-leading software supply chain protections. The team pioneers Cloud Security Engineering at scale, enabling teams to build and operate securely in modern cloud environments. We are also advancing AI-enabled Security Engineering—using AI to automate security workflows and enable the safe, responsible adoption of AI technologies across the enterprise. If you’re passionate about building security that scales, innovates, and empowers developers, this team offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering, cloud, and AI. Your Impact You will be extremely forward-thinking with a professional and approachable demeanor in all interactions; possess outstanding communication skills with all levels of staff, executives, customers, vendors; and good judgment. Calendar Management: Handles VP's calendar by prioritizing schedules and meetings. You may decide who gets on the principal’s calendar, which meetings are attended, and who can attend in their place. Event Speaking Engagement Coordination: Handles a running list of VP’s engagements and works closely with communications team to ensure content needs are understood and set in motion so VP is prepared for each engagement. Meeting Planning and Organization: Assists VP in planning and organizing meetings by being responsible for the assembling of the agenda, location, meeting technology based upon participant needs, and all other meeting logistics. May further prepare meeting briefing documents by taking and disseminating notes and formulating post meeting action item list. Travel Briefing Preparation: Build travel packs for international trips as well as large domestic events such as Cisco Live, etc. This work includes combining all event information in addition to coordinated logistics of travel and also customer/team asks. Correspondence/Approvals: Supports VP by acting as proxy for communications and approvals as authorized. Answers general questions as needed and refers routine matters to appropriate parties and follows up to ensure accurate completion. Takes the initiative to resolve issues within specified policies and guidelines and provides mentoring to administrative community members on problem solving. Figures out when executive action is required and supplies a recommendation where appropriate. Travel and Expense Management: Responsible for making in-depth global travel arrangements for VP. Carefully considers and decides the optimum travel arrangements and itinerary for calendared meetings while handling Cisco expenses. Works diligently to go above and beyond, working with the airlines directly to accommodate Global Services benefits for upgrades whenever they are available. Special Projects: Provides analytical support to assist executives on special projects. Research issues, analyzes problems, compiles data, and prepares reports. Large Corporate Events: Prepare and brief itinerary as well as accompany VP for large Corporate Events such as GSX, where EA's are used for executive support. Confidentiality: Candidate will deal professionally with sensitive and confidential matters and materials. You have experience providing support at the VP level. You take initiative, can ... (truncated, view full listing at source)