Senior Director, Product Management (AI Defense)

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  • Location:
    San Jose, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    274900 USD - 371500 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Security
  • Job Id
    1437443

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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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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