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Global Account Director roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field. Australian professionals can secure two-year E-3 status with unlimited renewals, and the absence of an H-1B lottery means your timeline depends on the employer, not a random draw.
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Candidate must reside or be willing to relocate to Atlanta, GA.
Meet the Team
You will be in Global Enterprise Segment (GES) where we lead Cisco's top 500 strategic accounts. Our responsibility to Cisco’s business is great, and our responsibility to each other and our culture is greater. We have an unrelenting focus on our customers' success, we are Cisco's growth engine and shape the company’s future. Our values Customer-Driven Always, Show Up to Win Every Day, and Harness the Power of Cisco is how we get the job done, and our Win As One mentality embodies the spirit of the journey and how we will show up with each other, partners, and customers.
Your Impact
As an Account Executive at Cisco, you’ll manage a growth target for an assigned territory using a channel go to market distribution model. You will target market opportunities by segment and use available resources to aggressively pursue opportunities while also showing sales penetration within a target account list of accounts. You'll have a "hunter" mentality, while at the same time exhibiting strategic sales savvy and building strong relationships with customers. You will sell in a matrixed environment that requires a customer-first approach all the while establishing an outcome where everybody wins.
- You will play a pivotal role in growing the company's revenue by identifying new sales opportunities and expanding relationships with existing clients.
- By understanding client needs and delivering tailored solutions, you will improve customer satisfaction and foster long-term partnerships.
- Through strategic account planning and execution, you will help improve Cisco's visibility and reputation in the market.
- You will serve as a vital link between customers and internal teams, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration to meet client objectives.
- By providing insights from customer interactions and market trends, you will contribute to the development and refinement of effective sales strategies.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of technology sales experience.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience leading a large account, including forecasting, quota attainment, sales presentation skills, and short/mid/long term opportunity management is needed.
- Requires expertise in the market and strong technical knowledge preferred. You can deliver business value to the account and build on customer relationships.
- Expertise in working with complex strategic accounts including interaction with decision makers and all other executives within the account.
- You can demonstrate negotiation skills with peers, partners, and customers using a win/win philosophy. Be able to position end-to-end solutions and articulate Cisco strategies to senior customer executives.
- Be able to position end-to-end solutions and articulate Cisco strategies to senior customer executives.
Preferred Qualifications
- You have the ability to deliver business value to both End Users and Partners.
- You have strong technical and business knowledge with complimentary skills to understand the customers’ business drivers and then align them to Cisco solutions.
- You're an ambitious self-starter with ability to articulate Cisco product and business strategies and create the demand to complete the deal.
- You possess the following traits: passion, integrity, trust, leadership, discipline and execution.
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $198,000.00 to $333,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$277,200.00 - $406,000.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$269,100.00 - $409,600.00
- For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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.
Candidate must reside or be willing to relocate to Atlanta, GA.
Meet the Team
You will be in Global Enterprise Segment (GES) where we lead Cisco's top 500 strategic accounts. Our responsibility to Cisco’s business is great, and our responsibility to each other and our culture is greater. We have an unrelenting focus on our customers' success, we are Cisco's growth engine and shape the company’s future. Our values Customer-Driven Always, Show Up to Win Every Day, and Harness the Power of Cisco is how we get the job done, and our Win As One mentality embodies the spirit of the journey and how we will show up with each other, partners, and customers.
Your Impact
As an Account Executive at Cisco, you’ll manage a growth target for an assigned territory using a channel go to market distribution model. You will target market opportunities by segment and use available resources to aggressively pursue opportunities while also showing sales penetration within a target account list of accounts. You'll have a "hunter" mentality, while at the same time exhibiting strategic sales savvy and building strong relationships with customers. You will sell in a matrixed environment that requires a customer-first approach all the while establishing an outcome where everybody wins.
- You will play a pivotal role in growing the company's revenue by identifying new sales opportunities and expanding relationships with existing clients.
- By understanding client needs and delivering tailored solutions, you will improve customer satisfaction and foster long-term partnerships.
- Through strategic account planning and execution, you will help improve Cisco's visibility and reputation in the market.
- You will serve as a vital link between customers and internal teams, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration to meet client objectives.
- By providing insights from customer interactions and market trends, you will contribute to the development and refinement of effective sales strategies.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of technology sales experience.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience leading a large account, including forecasting, quota attainment, sales presentation skills, and short/mid/long term opportunity management is needed.
- Requires expertise in the market and strong technical knowledge preferred. You can deliver business value to the account and build on customer relationships.
- Expertise in working with complex strategic accounts including interaction with decision makers and all other executives within the account.
- You can demonstrate negotiation skills with peers, partners, and customers using a win/win philosophy. Be able to position end-to-end solutions and articulate Cisco strategies to senior customer executives.
- Be able to position end-to-end solutions and articulate Cisco strategies to senior customer executives.
Preferred Qualifications
- You have the ability to deliver business value to both End Users and Partners.
- You have strong technical and business knowledge with complimentary skills to understand the customers’ business drivers and then align them to Cisco solutions.
- You're an ambitious self-starter with ability to articulate Cisco product and business strategies and create the demand to complete the deal.
- You possess the following traits: passion, integrity, trust, leadership, discipline and execution.
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $198,000.00 to $333,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$277,200.00 - $406,000.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$269,100.00 - $409,600.00
- For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship in Global Account Director
Translate your Australian credentials for U.S. employers
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree satisfies the E-3 visa specialty occupation requirement, but document its U.S. equivalency upfront. A credential evaluation letter prevents delays when your hiring team submits the Labor Condition Application to DOL.
Target enterprise technology and professional services firms
Global Account Director roles at companies managing multinational client portfolios are the most defensible E-3 specialty occupation cases. Look for employers with existing international workforces, since their HR teams already understand the LCA filing process and won't treat sponsorship as an obstacle.
Address dual intent before your first interview
The E-3 is a nonimmigrant visa, so openly discussing a green card pathway in early conversations can raise flags. Frame your long-term commitment in terms of the role and client relationships, not immigration status, until an offer is on the table.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the LCA and paperwork
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork end-to-end. This keeps your employer's administrative burden minimal, which matters when convincing a U.S. hiring team that sponsoring an Australian candidate is straightforward.
Confirm your role meets specialty occupation criteria
USCIS evaluates whether the position normally requires a degree in a specific field, not just any degree. For a Global Account Director role, tie your job description to strategic business development, enterprise revenue management, or international client advisory functions before the LCA is filed.
Negotiate your start date around consulate appointment availability
E-3 processing at Australian consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth varies by season. Build at least four to six weeks into your start date negotiation to account for appointment wait times, so your onboarding date is realistic from day one.
E-3 Visa Global Account Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Global Account Director jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. It filters opportunities by visa compatibility, so you're only seeing employers who are open to sponsoring Australian candidates rather than sifting through listings from companies unfamiliar with the E-3 visa.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Global Account Director role qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as business administration, marketing, or international commerce. Roles that accept any degree in any field can be harder to defend. Strengthening the job description to tie the position to specific academic knowledge improves the LCA outcome.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for a Global Account Director?
The E-3 has a 10,500 annual allocation that has never been exhausted, meaning there's no lottery and no random selection risk. An H-1B applicant faces a roughly one-in-four chance of selection per registration. For a senior commercial role where both you and your employer want a predictable start date, the E-3 is a structurally more reliable path.
Can I change employers after starting a Global Account Director role on an E-3?
Yes, but you need a new LCA certified by DOL and a new E-3 visa before starting with the new employer. Unlike H-1B portability rules, the E-3 doesn't allow you to begin working for a new sponsor while the application is pending. Plan for a gap in authorization or time your transition around a trip back to Australia for a new visa stamp.