**Meet the Team** Join a dynamic People & Communities Country Acceleration team committed to driving people and culture change initiatives, compliance, and engagement initiatives within Italy. The Country Consultant for Italy partners with business leaders and stakeholders to develop and execute impactful Country People & Culture plans. **Your Impact** As a People & Communities Country Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in influencing both internal and external communities. You will co-design and execute HR strategies, initiatives, and programs within the countries, leveraging your deep understanding of the business landscape and external market insights in the region. This role is exciting as it allows you to shape Cisco’s people agenda. **Responsibilities** Co-ownership of complex country compliance and legislative requirements
- Co-design and execution of employee engagement, inclusion & collaboration, and other country-level people and culture initiatives
- Maintain operational oversight of HR services delivered by People Support
- Influence strategy and execute cross-functional people and culture projects e.g., restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
- Execution against benefits strategy for the country, in collaboration with partners
- Drive local Cisco Brand strategy
- Support Employee Relations escalations
- Be the in-country "face" for Cisco at Customer/Government/Legislative Meetings, Conferences, etc. Host, influence the agenda, and create engagement opportunities for executive and partner visits at Cisco. **Minimum Qualifications** Proven experience as a trusted HR consultant, advisor & coach
- Demonstrated Italian country employment knowledge and local HR expertise
- Strong business acumen with effective stakeholder management and communication skills
- Critical thinker with strategic agility
- Ability to work dynamically and collaboratively **Preferred Qualifications** Sound judgment with the ability to manage ambiguity
- Change catalyst with the ability to influence




- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in diverse cultural settings **#WeAreCisco** WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best but be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together, and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! U.S. employees have **access** 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 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.

📌 People & Communities (HR) Country Consultant - Italy (Milano)
🏢 Cisco Systems
📍 Milano