Administrative jobs at Cisco Systems, Tokyo, Japan

Position: Senior Manager – Corporate Development

About Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate company with a headquarter in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley. Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology services and products. Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes in specific tech markets, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management.

About position

To aid the corporate development activities in Japan, Cisco is seeking a highly qualified and dynamic Manager for Japan. The position holder will have a deep understanding of Cisco’s growth strategy and using this to give to Cisco Japan’s inorganic growth strategy through Venture Investments, M&A, IBAs or JVs. Basically, the incumbent will look after the inorganic strategy planning as well as deal sourcing and execution.

Key duties

In particular, the Senior Manager – Corporate Development will perform the following functions

• Collaborate closely with the Cisco Japan leader and Product organizations.
• Understand the tech, startup and investment/deals landscape in Japan. Also, the developing views into specific market and technology segments by working with startups, customers, partners, regional leaders, and Cisco business units
• Evolve the overall inorganic strategy for Japan and an investment thesis and then sourcing investments pipeline and potential partners for IBA/Joint Ventures.
• Build a business case to execute transactions. Similarly, lead due diligence on investment and acquisition opportunities working closely with Corporate Finance, Corporate Legal, Cisco BUs and other functional teams.
• Also, represent Cisco on the Boards of portfolio companies and driving the Cisco – portfolio company partnership.
• Furthermore, take measures as per the needs of markets or direction of respective authority.

Requirements

In order to be fit for the role, an ideal candidate must have

• MBA from a Tier 1 business school.
• Must have a strong interest and real passion for the technology industry and the impact technology is creating as an enabler across various verticals.  In addition to that, experience in leading a function and have a deal execution track record in the tech industry.
• Strong experience in venture capital or i-banking, Corporate Strategy/Consulting in leadership positions.
• Minimum 3 years of transactional experience in Investments and/or Acquisition.
• Strong executive presence and leadership potential as well as analytical and financial skills to work on complex financial models with minimum supervision.
• Strong industry background/network in the IT industry.
• Skills to prepare and present Investment cases for review by the Investment Committee.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English and Japanese.