What You'll Do About Cisco Corporate Development: This team is responsible for global M&A, Venture Investments, Investment Backed Alliances (IBAs) & Joint Ventures (JVs). We are an active investor with more than 40 investment professionals with deep market and technology expertise located in major geographies, including the US, Europe, Israel, Singapore and India. Over the last 20 years, Cisco Investments has invested in hundreds of companies across different segments and helped them build to successful IPOs or acquisitions. We currently have an active portfolio of over 120 direct investments around the world, and we also hold Limited Partner positions in over 40 funds globally. In 2024, Cisco announced a $1B global AI fund to invest in world-class AI software and infrastructure companies. Having invested in some of the most prominent and market defining start-ups and completed nearly 250 acquisitions, the team has unparalleled experience and visibility across the high-tech industry. You will be part of Corporate Development and lead our activities in India, reporting into the Head of Corporate Development for Asia Pac and Japan based in Singapore. This is a multi-dimensional role that will require amongst other things, an understanding of the global tech industry landscape and the tech startup ecosystem in India, understanding Cisco’s global and India growth strategy and using this to contribute to Cisco India’s inorganic growth strategy through Venture Investments, M&A, IBAs or JVs. The overall work will include inorganic strategy planning as well as deal sourcing and execution, working with and driving cross functional teams during the process. Some of the specific activities will include: * Understanding the tech, startup and investment/deals landscape in India and developing views into specific market and technology segments * Collaborating with Cisco global teams to understand Cisco’s overall and business/product strategy, and sourcing/executing deals to advance Cisco’s strategy inorganically in India * Working closely with the Cisco India country leader and engineering leaders to create an overall inorganic strategy for India and source/execute relevant deals. * Leading deals end-to-end, from sourcing, to building business cases and IC presentations, to leading diligence, negotiations and closing * Representing Cisco on the boards of portfolio companies and helping drive the Cisco - portfolio company partnership. Candidates are expected to bring thought leadership and influencing capabilities as they work internally within Cisco and with the external ecosystem and portfolio companies. Other critical strengths for the role could be: * operational, strategy consulting, or deal experience within the technology market, * understanding of market disruptions and emerging technology trends, * strong communication and analytical skills, and * proven leadership capabilities and the ability to operate successfully in a global, fast-paced, sometimes unstructured, collaborative environment. Who You'll Work With The Corporate Development team in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region is responsible for strategic investments, acquisitions, and IBAs/JVs to both capture innovation from the region and to fuel the growth of Cisco in India as well as across APJ. The team focuses on several growth verticals for each geography within APJ as well as key enterprise technology priority areas such as AI infrastructure and software, security, meetings and contact center, cloud, networking and IoT. The team collaborates locally and globally with key stakeholders within Cisco - notably APJ Regional Leadership and multiple business units of Cisco. Who You Are The candidate should ideally be an MBA from a Tier 1 business school with an undergraduate engineering degree. The person should have strong interest in and passion for the technology industry and the impact technology is creating as an enabler across various verticals. An experienced professional from the VC, Corporate VC or I-Banking industry who also has Strategy and/or business experience with strong exposure to the tech industry is ideal. The candidate must have deal execution track record in tech industry. The ideal candidate will be: * Self-starter who has the ability to drive and influence things in unstructured and structured environments working across multi-country teams * MBA with an engineering background or strong interest in technology * 10+ years of total experience in Venture Capital or I-banking, Corporate Strategy/Consulting in leadership positions. And/or business experience in the tech sector with a strong understanding of the VC/Investments Industry * Minimum 3 years of transactional experience in Investments and/or Acquisitions * Strong executive presence and leadership potential * Strong analytical and financial skills to work on complex financial models with minimum supervision * Strong industry background/network in the tech and startup ecosystem India * Adept at preparing and presenting Investment cases for review by the Investment Committee * Excellent communication and presentation skills #WeAreCisco  #WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.   Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. 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