Product Manager, AI Computing Solutions

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  • Location:
    RTP, North Carolina, US
  • Alternate Location
    East Coast, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Pre Sales and Product Management
  • Compensation Range
    133300 USD - 193500 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    AI or Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & AI (DCN & Compute)
  • Job Id
    1434608

Product Manager, AI Computing Solutions

 

Meet the Team

Cisco Compute is foundational to the One Cisco AI strategy. As the Senior Product Manager for AI Computing Solutions, you will own the product management function in the Cisco Compute business unit to expand our AI solutions portfolio and accelerate our growth in key verticals. In this role you will develop and manage new and existing partnerships at key intersections of AI technology stacks and solutions for specific customer verticals that span from Data Center and Edge.

 

Your Impact

 

We seek an experienced, outside-the-box problem solver with a customer-first mentality and track record of developing enterprise solutions. An ideal candidate for this role has a combination of keen business development instincts, a deep understanding of data center and cloud operations, and is current on the latest industry dynamics in Generative, Predictive, and Agentic AI. Responsibilities include technical and business assessment, developing business cases for partnerships, and working across business units and functions such as Sales, Marketing, Communications, Engineering, Supply Chain, Legal, and others to refine and bring solutions to market.

 

What You’ll Do

 

· Develop new AI computing solutions with technology partners: synthesize customer needs, competitive analysis, industry dynamics, and company strategy to build and maintain a solutions roadmap

· Optimize and extend existing ecosystem partnerships and onboard new partners to create full-stack solutions

· Identify key vertical use cases and develop compelling ecosystem solutions for Manufacturing and Energy, Retail, Health Sciences, and Financial Services

· Develop clear and compelling value propositions to fuel GTM activation across sales, marketing, and corporate communication

· You will be an active voice for Cisco Compute – meeting with customers and partners and speaking publicly at internal and external industry events.

· Strengthen a team of product/solution management professionals to scale with the business

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

· 10-15 years of technology industry experience with 5+ years of experience in Product Management and/or Product Marketing

· Strong domain knowledge and experience in product definition and go-to-market strategy for core data center technologies: Compute, Network, Storage, Virtualization

· Experience positioning and driving adoption of data-driven IT operations technology including observability and performance monitoring

· Experience positioning and marketing AI-powered enterprise solutions and API integrations

· Proven experience collaborating with ecosystem and channel partners on joint offer development and go-to-market strategy and execution

· Demonstrated effectiveness as a spokesperson with industry influencers and at major industry events

 

Desired Skills

· Passion for AI and end-user experiences

· Growth mindset

· Bias for action and rapid execution

· Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

· Strong strategy development, market analysis, and business case development skills

· Keen business sense and sound judgment: comfort with ambiguity and flexibility in the face of change. You balance the right decisions to advance your solution set and the broader business.

· Demonstrated ability to effectively engage and influence high-level leaders in customer accounts, partners, sales teams and functional organizations

· Excellent collaboration skills with ecosystem partners and ability to get results with cross-functional working groups across engineering, sales, marketing, business development etc

· Current industry knowledge of AI platforms, tooling, API constructs and industry-specific AI vertical use cases

· Experience managing creative and marketing agencies to develop compelling marketing and sales-enablement content

· MBA strongly preferred

 

#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!

 

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!

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

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.

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