Executive Assistant, Engineering - ThousandEyes (Hybrid)

The application window is expected to close on: 08/07/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This role follows a hybrid work model, with in-office attendance expected 3 times a week at the San Francisco location.

Meet the Team
Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network - even the ones they don't own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues - before they impact end- user experiences.

ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco's leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios.

Your Impact
Are you seeking an opportunity to serve as a strategic partner to our VPs of Engineering? As a key driver of our R&D operations, you will translate high-level organizational objectives into actionable, high-impact results.

In this role, you will lead company-wide initiatives and own sophisticated, cross-functional projects from inception to completion. We are seeking a proactive, results-oriented collaborator who embodies our core values: Empower Customers, Innovate Without Boundaries, and Operate with Integrity and Humor.

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.

• Experience: Accomplished administrative professional with 5 + years of experience providing high-level executive support within the technology sector.
• Operational Excellence: Run intricate calendars across multiple time zones, process expense reports, and coordinate intricate domestic and international travel arrangements.
• Administrative Oversight: Lead all aspects of daily administrative workflows, including meeting documentation, equipment reservations, and logistical planning for executive meetings and events.
• Project Management: Run end-to-end project coordination for events and engineering branding initiatives, ensuring all objectives are met with precision and creativity.
• Confidentiality & Integrity: Handle confidential and critical information with the highest level of accuracy, discretion, and professional integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical Proficiency: Advanced mastery of Microsoft Suite, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Webex, and Concur.
• Communication & Agility: Outstanding verbal and written communication, with the ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment.
• Meticulous Attention to Detail: You take full ownership of executive workflows, ensuring every project and meeting is driven with precision, foresight, and a focus on solving problems before they arise.
• Strategic Collaborator: You are a great connector who builds strong, effective partnerships across ThousandEyes and the wider Cisco ecosystem, ensuring everyone gets the support they need to succeed.

• Serve as a strategic partner to our VPs of Engineering.
• Translate high-level organizational objectives into actionable, high-impact results.
• Lead company-wide initiatives.
• Own sophisticated, cross-functional projects from inception to completion.
• Run intricate calendars across multiple time zones.
• Process expense reports.
• Coordinate intricate domestic and international travel arrangements.
• Lead all aspects of daily administrative workflows, including meeting documentation, equipment reservations, and logistical planning for executive meetings and events.
• Run end-to-end project coordination for events and engineering branding initiatives.
• Handle confidential and critical information with the highest level of accuracy, discretion, and professional integrity.