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Cisco Senior Director, Product Management (AI Defense) in San Jose, California
The application window is expected to close on: March 20th, 5 PM ET.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
The AI Software & Platform Team delivers AI products so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most important aspects of business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplifying security with zero compromise.
Your Impact
As Senior Director of Product Management, you have a strong mix of product management, technology, people leadership, and GenAI domain competence, coupled with strategic vision and proven execution. You will mentor senior product managers towards new incubation efforts in alignment to current and future AI based product offerings. You will define and lead overall AI/ML product strategy and roadmap and understand industry trends and competitive landscape relating to overall AI domain.
In this role, you can expect to:
Work with customers to understand problems, priorities, and common themes.
Work with leadership team to devise business strategy and investment roadmap.
Brainstorm and review ideas, proposals, and strategy with other Cisco businesses, corporate development, and strategy teams.
Lead a team of high caliber product managers to drive fast paced and high bar delivery of product management artifacts.
Work with engineering, design, machine learning (ML) scientists, and program operations to define and implement the product plan.
Work with marketing, growth, and business development teams to develop and execute effective Go-To-Market strategies for your product.
Your responsibilities will include:
Working with engineering, design, and operations in defining an operating model for driving the product roadmap including defining Agile Framework for execution, resource planning, funding, prioritization, and phased approach of business commit to drive, project/product development.
Conducting market feasibility & readiness, assessment, industry research, Tracking VC & startup community in addition to following what large innovative companies are doing in the AI space.
Articulating Total Addressable Market (TAM) we can target after analyzing user problems in the target market.
Taking complete ownership for the product market fit and delivery of business goals and key results.
Defining the criteria for ideal customer for Minimal Viable Product (MVP) and actively participate in defining GTM, working with key partners.
Setting up the right business model for your product areas including forecast, financial health, pricing, and resourcing.
Establishing landmarks & metrics to evaluate the success and failure of the project.
Developing and growing the product managers on the team.
Building thought leadership narratives across product, technology, and process innovations.
Minimum Qualifications
Demonstrable experience in product management building technical products, preferrably in the Generative or Predictive AI technology.
You have 5+ years of management experience, leading product management or technical, marketing, or engineering teams with a proven track record in execution and team development.
You hold a Bachelor's Degree (technical preferred), with a Master’s or MBA being a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
Expertise in building decision frameworks that help make objective investment calls with a deep understanding of the emerging trends in Generative AI.
Demonstrable experience in building products within the security and networking space.
Experience defining epics and writing user stories.
Skilled in design thinking and UX/UI methodologies.
Masters' degree or equivalent experience strongly preferred.
Why Cisco
The Internet of Everything is a phenomenon driving new opportunities for Cisco and it's redefining our customers' businesses worldwide. We are pioneers and have been since the early days of connectivity. Today, we are building teams that are expanding our technology solutions in the mobile, cloud, security, IT, and big data spaces, including software and consulting services. As Cisco delivers the network that powers the Internet, we are connecting the unconnected. Imagine creating unprecedented disruption. Your groundbreaking ideas will impact everything from retail, healthcare, and entertainment, to public and private sectors, and far beyond. Collaborate with like-minded innovators in a fun and flexible culture that has earned Cisco global recognition as a Great Place to work. With roughly 10 billion connected things in the world now and over 50 billion estimated in the future, your career has exponential possibilities at Cisco.
Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward. So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. A passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!
We offer extensive employee benefits including unlimited PTO, 10 paid volunteering days, paid birthday off, 401k match with NO vesting, generous health/dental/vision benefits and much more.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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