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Location Requirements:
- This position is US based; must have viable commercial airport for extensive domestic and international travel.
- Must have valid US passport or ability to obtain one.
- Travel required greater than 50% of the time, must be willing to travel at a moment's notice including international travel to high-risk destinations. Must be available during evenings and weekends to respond to unexpected emergencies and situations globally.
Meet the Team The Global Executive Protection (GEXP) team primarily supports the security of the CEO and Executive Leadership Team at Cisco. We are Executive Protection professionals that work on the premise of making the unknown known, to ensure to the best of our abilities, the successful completion of each detail and protective coverage of the CEO/ELT. GEXP is part of the Security and Trust Organization.
Your Impact - Implementation of security and risk mitigation measures to ensure the safety of Executives, who may be exposed to elevated personal risk.
- Possess high Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
- Conduct close protection for the CEO/ELT dealing with safety and risk, be the liaison with the Executive Protection Leader, and identify all aspects of what can negatively or positively impact the CEO/ELT.
Be responsible for overall physical security including: - Plans for Protectee's Residential Security to include cameras, alarms and response; Annual fire inspection; Annual alarm inspection & generator maintenance.
- Plans for Corporate Site Security to include cameras, entry/exit routes and response.
- Secure transport Plans from Home to Work to office to airport and return;Transport plans for CEO's/ELT's family and return.
- Emergency Evacuation Plans and Emergency Response Plans in case of direct threat, medical emergency, natural disaster, civil unrest or acts of terrorism.
- Ability to plan, document, and provide security coverage for global locations.
- Security plans for all domestic and overseas travel.
- Holistic Risk mitigation and contingency plans.
- Protectee's personal physical safety in terms of potential threats or other events; Tech trade shows / workshops/ conferences both that CEO attends and hosts; External visits, meetings, and appointments; Personal appointments i.e. hair, medical, etc.
- During off-travel periods, lead team project(s); continuously be training in emergency response, scenario planning, future mission planning, and associated administrative tasks.
- Excellent communication skills to coordinate and facilitate internal engagements and with Cisco's Corporate Security, Event Security, Office of CEO and Executive Assistants, Legal, and external vendors and partners.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree (pursuing) or equivalent experience required
- 8+ years in the EP Industry, which may include high level government protective security experience.
- Experience working for C-Suite and/or ultra high net worth individuals, public figures, or celebrities in the provision of executive protection.
- Executive/security driving training and experience; experience providing advance coverage for events and trips.
- In-depth experience interacting with senior management, good judgment is essential as is the ability to know when to raise issues and involve additional partners.
Preferred Qualifications: - Ability to align with HR 218 (the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act).
- Certification or ability to obtain certification as a Transportation Security Agency Armed Security Officer.
- A strong law enforcement network.
- Strong industry security networks.
- Experience with managing security vendors and supervising contract personnel.
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U.S. employees have to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
