ThousandEyes Account Executive - Commercial Texas

MEET THE TEAM
Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network - even those they don't own. As part of Cisco, ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire technology portfolio, enabling customers to deploy at scale and gain AI-powered assurance insights across Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability solutions. Our team is collaborative, innovative, and passionate about solving complex digital experience challenges. Joining ThousandEyes means being part of a fast-growing, dynamic environment backed by Cisco's global reach and resources.
YOUR IMPACT
Drive the sales strategy in our commercial Texas region for ThousandEyes by managing the full sales cycle, from building champions and influencing complex buying committees to closing enterprise-wide agreements. Develop and execute go-to-market plans that identify whitespace opportunities and growth strategies. Partner closely with Cisco Account Managers, Specialists, and Partners to position ThousandEyes as a core component of modernization, Zero Trust, and network observability strategies. Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles with precision and accountability, while collaborating with Customer Success and Product teams to ensure smooth deployment and measurable impact post-sale.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Proven success driving new business growth with large commercial and mid-market accounts through new logo acquisition and expansion
• Experience selling technical SaaS solutions and operating within matrixed, fast-moving organizations.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to navigate both strategic and technical discussions.
• Comfortable leading deal orchestration across multiple internal teams and external partners.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience selling observability solutions
• Strong ability to build trust and influence across customer ecosystems and internal stakeholders.
• Operates effectively in large, matrixed organizations and thrives in partnership-driven environments.
• Embraces a Challenger mindset, leading with insight, identifying blind spots, and pushing customers to think differently about digital assurance.
• Entrepreneurial, self-directed, and motivated by measurable impact.
Why Cisco?
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $190,400.00 to $260,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
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 of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to 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:
$222,700.00 - $322,800.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$202,600.00 - $308,200.00
* 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.