Business Development Manager with Networking

As a Content Business Development Manager (BDM) with 5 to 8 years of experience, your primary responsibility will be the global end-to-end ownership of Architecture and Technology under the Black Belt Academy in Bengaluru. You are expected to align, capture, and create relevant content for role-based learning maps to enable Partners to deliver a compelling pitch to customers. Your role will involve understanding how to deploy and support solutions effectively and collaborating with key Cisco Solution Plus, Strategic, ISV, and Cloud partners to deliver joint solutions and technology training to Cisco's Partners, Distributors, and Sales Staff. You will be accountable for collating, curating, and designing the training and education curriculum for the entire Architecture Portfolio, including various technologies and sub-technologies within specific Architectures such as SP Routing, SP Automation, Optics, and Optical. Additionally, you will identify content from internal and external sources, work with stakeholders to maintain the Service Provider learnings on the Cisco Black Belt Academy, create and evaluate quizzes, and develop assessment criteria for successful certification. Furthermore, you will be responsible for monitoring the usage of educational frameworks by Cisco Partners, increasing traction and adoption, aligning demos and labs within the learning modules, hosting quarterly Architecture updates, and driving alignment between virtual and physical training events in each Geo. Your role will also involve communicating with Aspirants/Validation Engineers, maintaining a list of Evaluation Best Practices, and building Partner and GEO Communities around education to drive Return on Education (ROE) Metrics. Desired technical and interpersonal skills for this role include IT graduation with hands-on experience in Cisco technologies, CCNA and/or CCNP certifications (preferred), strong communication skills, 4+ years of related experience in training and enablement, a very good understanding of Cisco Architectures and Solutions, experience in Partner ecosystem (preferred), programmability focus and skillset (preferred), understanding of Cisco Cloud strategy, and the desire and ability to learn new technology and solutions. Preferred skills and requirements for this position include 5+ years of experience in one or more Cisco Architecture with a focus on Service Provider Architecture, understanding and hands-on experience in detailed sub-technologies for Cisco Service Provider, ability to keep up with industry transitions, excellent presentation and consultative skills, strong analytical, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, expertise in working in fast-paced, high-tech environments, and the ability to handle complex tasks while exceeding client expectations.,