MEET THE TEAM

The Talent Acquisition team partners closely with business leaders to identify, attract, and hire the talent needed to drive business priorities. As part of a global recruiting ecosystem, the team works collaboratively with partners across compensation, People Partners, and broader HR functions to deliver a seamless hiring experience. The team is made up of experienced talent advisors who operate with a consultative mindset, supporting hiring across complex and strategic areas of the business. With a strong focus on data, process excellence, and candidate experience, the team continuously evolves its approach to hiring. What makes this team exciting is the opportunity to influence talent strategy, solve complex hiring challenges, and play a direct role in shaping the organization’s future workforce.

YOUR IMPACT

In this role, you will partner with hiring leaders to understand business priorities and develop talent acquisition strategies that align with organizational goals. You will lead the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle from requisition strategy and sourcing through candidate evaluation, interview facilitation, and offer negotiation to deliver effective hiring outcomes. The role offers the opportunity to leverage recruiting data to optimize hiring strategies and continuously improve delivery. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including Compensation and People Partners, you will help ensure aligned hiring decisions and a strong experience for both candidates and hiring leaders. You will also develop innovative sourcing strategies to attract specialized talent while embedding diversity and inclusion throughout the hiring process.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related recruiting or talent acquisition experience, OR Master’s degree and 3+ years of related experience, OR PhD with no prior experience, OR equivalent related work experience

• Experience managing full-cycle recruitment processes from requisition strategy through offer and onboarding

• Experience recruiting for mid-to-senior level roles across complex or specialized business functions

• Experience analyzing recruiting metrics (e.g., cycle time, pass-through rates, quality of slate) to inform hiring strategies

• Experience partnering with cross-functional HR stakeholders such as compensation or HR business partners during the hiring process

• Business-level proficiency in Japanese and English.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to attract specialized talent

• Experience advising hiring leaders and influencing hiring decisions at a senior stakeholder level

• Strong stakeholder management and partnership skills across business and HR teams

• Experience embedding diversity and inclusion practices into recruitment processes

• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and implement scalable recruiting best practices

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.