Sales Enablement Manager

Instructional Designer

The Global Early-in-Career Sales Onboarding team within Sales Enablement & Acceleration (SEA) is a forward-thinking, AI-first group on a mission to flip the traditional onboarding experience on its head. We architect the Day 1 journey for our interns and Early-in-Career talent, ensuring every individual is launched toward an incredible career trajectory at Cisco. By merging human-centric design with innovative AI, we are redefining what it means to join a world-class sales organization! We are a high-energy, inclusive team that values bold experimentation and global impact. If you are a visionary disruptor who is ready to challenge the status quo and empower the next generation of sales leaders, we want to meet you.

As an Instructional Designer, you will develop high-impact learning content that supports our transition to an AI-first enablement model for intern and early-in-career sales onboarding programs. You will compose and build assets that integrate generative AI and conversational intelligence to provide learners with immersive, real-world practice environments. Working under the direction of the Onboarding Curriculum Lead, you will implement the development of adaptive learning paths to ensure every new hire receives a personalized and scalable onboarding journey. You will use modern authoring tools and AI-driven platforms to design agile content that can be adapted as sales strategies evolve. By focusing on data-driven design, you will ensure that every module you build directly contributes to reducing time-to-productivity for our newest sales team members.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Learning Experience Design, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in instructional design within a corporate sales or technology environment
• Proficiency in instructional design models (ADDIE, SAM, Agile Learning) and a deep understanding of adult learning principles
• Experience utilizing generative AI tools or adaptive learning platforms to develop, deliver, and scale educational content
• Experience designing end-to-end, multi-modal curriculum paths (including e-learning, VILT, and video) for large-scale onboarding programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with e-learning tools (Articulate 360, Adobe Creative Suite, Camtasia) and sales enablement platforms (Highspot, Mindtickle, or similar).
• Prior experience working on sales onboarding or early-in-career sales programs
• Knowledge of modern B2B sales methodologies and the ability to translate complex sales concepts into simple, actionable learning
• Creative problem-solving mindset with a passion for experimenting with emerging educational technologies and industry trends

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.