1442150 - Technical Program Manager
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Location:Offsite, RTP, North Carolina, US
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Alternate LocationAnywhere in USA
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Area of InterestInformation Technology
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Compensation Range110800 USD - 155100 USD
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Job TypeProfessional
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Technology InterestSoftware Development
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Job Id1442150
The application window is expected to close on: June 30, 2025
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
The LIO (Lifecycle Innovation and Optimization) team is a dynamic group of people working on big transformational, highly visible initiatives and acquired company integrations. The Engineering team within the LIO organization is leading the charge on crafting a first-in-class digital experience for our customers and partners everywhere they connect with Cisco. We are at the epicenter of developing modern, cloud-native and AI-driven technologies that allow us to stay agile and adaptable in a constantly evolving market. Pioneers in our field, Engineering team enables customers and partners to maximize value with a simple, unified Cisco experience, driving accelerated time to impact. Join us and be a part of this exciting, ground-breaking journey.
Your Impact
As an Engineering Project Manager, you will play a strategic role in delivering AI-powered Experience Orchestration that transforms post-purchase digital experiences for Cisco’s customers, partners, and sellers. You’ll lead initiatives that harness the power of artificial intelligence, data automation, and marketing automation technologies to create personalized, scalable, and seamless experiences across Cisco product adoption, renewals, and growth.
In this role, you will work cross-functionally with Customer Experience, Marketing, Sales, and IT teams to integrate and operationalize diverse, high-quality data sources—including, but not limited to, customer profiles, install base, telemetry, and feedback. This data, governed by strict regulatory standards, enables intelligent automation and insight-driven decisions that power immersive digital experiences for Cisco customers. Your leadership will help drive improvements in customer satisfaction, recurring revenue, cost savings, and sales effectiveness for Cisco and its partners.
- Manage and lead technical programs to deliver customer business outcomes for complex, transactional, and multi-component programs.
- Perform overall program-level planning and lead program execution of interdependent projects.
- Develop detailed project plans and lead all components, including resource prioritization, progress tracking, change control processes, testing, documentation, training, and timely delivery within budget constraints.
- Identify risks and issues, develop risk response strategies, and define an escalation process.
- Document business requirements and technical architecture, translating them into technical designs for implementation.
- Ensure projects have established measures with clear exit/success criteria.
- Use data analytics to supervise, analyze, and measure the efficiency of digital efforts, ensuring a positive impact on the customer experience.
- Drive all Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives.
- Lead the creation of Epics, Features, User Stories, and Tasks.
- Build strategic partnerships across various CX stakeholders, LIO Product Management, Experience and Design Research, and IT organizations to meet current and future needs.
- Establish and facilitate the interlock and operating model for project execution.
- Foster a culture of innovation and automation by implementing frameworks to prioritize and support new ideas across stakeholders/organizations.
Minimum Qualifications :
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2-4 years in the tech industry, with specific experience working on projects related to channel integrations, platform automation, data analytics, and across multiple audiences (customer, partner, seller/internal).
- Experience in project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum.
- Experience running large programs with multiple dependencies across organizations.
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft Suite (Excel and PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications :
- Proven ability to lead sophisticated programs, motivate change, and connect with senior executives to influence accelerated decision-making and execution.
- Excellent planning, time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
- Presentation experience to senior management is a plus.
- Experience managing projects involving data-related technologies, marketing automation, AI/ML, or intelligent automation is a plus.
#WeAreCisco (This is the Standard and cannot be changed)
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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!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
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 receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
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.