Senior Director Product Management jobs at Cisco in United States, Atlanta

Accepting applications until September 11, 2025

In this role, you will develop and demonstrate deep domain knowledge, product expertise, and an understanding of complex customer use cases and deployment models. You’ll deeply understand the needs of our customers, set the vision for the product grounded in those needs, and partner with cross-functional teams to build it iteratively.

• Drive early discovery work, using findings to craft roadmaps, leading and designing with a team to bring it to life.
• Identify the right problems to solve, run and synthesize research, sketch and prototype solutions, make hi-fi visuals.
• Earn trust with cross-function partners by seeking out their points of view, collaborating regularly and inviting them into research and co-creation with the team and customers. Advocate for prioritization of design-centered product enhancements grounded in research and analysis.
• Present persuasively. Be able to tell the story of a project and build prototypes that precisely articulate design rationale.
• Provide direction to and mentor other designers; guide team to focus on the most important customer needs, difficulties and opportunities
• Think beyond your team's goals and consider how your work affects others and how you can influence other teams’ work.
• Influence the strategic vision and guide design of large, complex initiatives for a product, program or strategic effort of considerable size and scope.
• Translate what may start as ambiguous business needs into clear customer-focused solutions.
• Facilitate workshops, sketching and prototyping sessions; build documentation and templates that enable others to consume and contribute.

• 8+ years of professional experience designing and delivering products in cross-functional teams from strategy to delivery.
• A portfolio full of great case studies and even better prototypes, including case studies leveraging AI research and design tools.
• Expertise and experience designing for AI products and/or features.
• Knowledge of the networking domain or experience in a related product or field is a plus.
• Experience working on technically complex B2B enterprise products.
• Aligned teams around customer-centered design decisions, using UX methodologies and tools (double-diamond, personas, journey mapping, dual agile, lean ux, prototypes), and influenced adoption by those who aren’t familiar with strategic UX engagements.
• A proven track record of shipping large scale enterprise products.
• Ability to see the bigger picture, while zooming in to rationalize and perfect the nuanced details.
• Made complex problems and workflows feel simple and approachable.
• Balanced strategic research and discovery with shipping often.
• Persuasive storytelling and influence.
• Lead and mentored junior UX designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative design culture within the team.

Please apply directly here to be considered for the role:

• Develop Go-to-Market Strategy for new and existing products: Develop and execute the GTM strategy for hybrid infrastructure solutions, identifying adoption patterns, use cases, target markets and customer segments operating across virtualized and containerized environments
• Customer-Centric Product Evolution: Engage directly with early adopters and design partners to understand infrastructure pain points, application dependencies, and operational requirements. Transform these insights into product requirements and positioning that addresses real-world hybrid cloud scenarios
• Develop Core Product Positioning, Messaging, and Differentiators: Craft compelling and consistent positioning and messaging around the differentiators that align with the overall product strategy and resonate with customers and partners. Work with inbound product management, engineering, and the field to identify and articulate the outstanding value propositions of Cisco Infrastructure and Security products, ensuring they are communicated and understood by the target audiences. Passionately represent the voice of our customers to internal teams.
• Enable Sales and Partners: Develop content for collateral, product training, and other resources for direct sales teams and partner organizations. Engage directly with sales and customers to understand changing needs. Attend industry events. Serve as subject matter expert.
• Conduct Market Research: Continuously analyze the market and customer feedback to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and threats. Conduct meticulous competitive analysis to ensure the product is positioned successfully.
• Influence Partners, including Executives: Use excellent communication skills for effective engagement. Demonstrate your strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mentality to make product and marketing recommendations. Define and monitor metrics to assess GTM success.

• 10+ years in enterprise infrastructure/platform technology with at least 5 years in product marketing or technical product management
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent technical experience
• Hands-on experience with both VMware vSphere/ESXi and Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
• Proven track record working with enterprise customers on infrastructure modernization initiatives
• Deep understanding of application architectures, infrastructure dependencies, and platform integration challenges

• Direct experience with infrastructure transformation and application modernization projects
• Knowledge of specific technologies: vMotion, Storage vMotion, Kubernetes operators, Helm charts, persistent volumes, and CNI plugins
• Understanding of enterprise concerns: compliance, data gravity, licensing optimization, and TCO modeling
• Experience with related technologies: Tanzu, Anthos, AWS Outposts, Azure Arc
• Experience presenting to business and technical audiences at conferences like KubeCon, VMworld, or Red Hat Summit
• Experience speaking publicly to an executive-level audience
• Product marketing experience
• MBA
• Strong project execution skills, attention to detail, and a risk-mitigation mentality
• Self-motivation and partnership a strive to find new and innovative solutions
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills in customer-facing roles
• Ability to lead and influence via persuasion, perseverance, and energy to drive consensus across functions and teams
• Collaboration with internal and external partners

• Anticipate customer objections around platform compatibility, performance considerations, and operational complexity
• Build trust with skeptical infrastructure teams who've experienced failed transformation initiatives
• Create compelling business cases that justify infrastructure investments
• Navigate complex enterprise procurement cycles with multiple stakeholders
• Balance technical accuracy with accessible storytelling

The application window is expected to close on September 19, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

• Develop and execute social media strategies that increase brand awareness, engagement, and lead generation for Cisco’s AI portfolio.
• Create and curate high-impact content including blogs, videos, social posts, and thought leadership pieces that resonate with technical and business audiences.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing, engineering, and sales teams to align messaging and amplify product launches and updates.
• Analyze social and content performance metrics to optimize campaigns and inform growth strategies.
• Manage community engagement and influencer relationships to build a vibrant ecosystem around Cisco AI products.
• Stay abreast of AI industry trends and competitor activities to ensure Cisco’s content remains relevant and differentiated.

• 5+ years of experience in social media marketing, content marketing, or growth marketing, preferably in technology or AI-related fields.
• Proven ability to create engaging content and manage social media platforms to drive measurable growth.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing tools, analytics, and social media management platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives.
• Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.

• Experience in B2B technology marketing, especially in AI, software, or cloud domains.
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and the enterprise software landscape.
• Demonstrated success in community building and influencer marketing.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge of SEO, content strategy, and growth hacking techniques.

The Silicon One Productization team pioneers manufacturing and test solutions to accelerate time-to-market and enable outstanding supply chain metrics. We are looking a Product Test Engineer to manage volume test operations at the OSATs to meet production targets. You will be working with advanced networking silicon and solving hardware and software problems in close partnership with product development engineering and the OSATs.

Our team develops test requirements for groundbreaking IP, to minimize test overhead both in design and for production. We develop custom test solutions spanning high power, large dies, and packages to cost-sensitive products.

Your role will be to ensure that the OSAT roadmap and capacity ramp plans align with the Cisco product ramp and manage/maintain the production test hardware. You will evaluate test vendors and make recommendations for alternate site bring-ups and complete the qualification activities.

You will also provide Engineering support to the Manufacturing Operations team for quarterly planning, ship reviews, and ongoing production optimization. You will partner closely with the Data and Automation Solutions team to perform statistical data/yield/correlation analysis on large data sets to drive test and yield optimization.

• BSEE (or higher) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
• 5+ years working in SLT and ATE volume production test environments, preferably on high-end compute/networking devices.
• Ability to debug, analyze, tackle, and root cause manufacturing yield issues and field escapes.
• Drive issues to closure with improvement, optimization, and preventive measures.
• Experience with developing, diagnosing, and maintaining hardware. Ability to debug hardware using lab equipment
• Strong fundamentals in Design for Test and manufacturing concepts.
• Strong background in yield data analytics and driving yield improvement. Experience with Statistical analysis and correlation.
• Proficiency in using ATE and SLTs, scripting language (Linux/Unix, Python, Perl).
• Clear, crisp communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a multifaceted environment.
• High level of motivation and energy.

• Experience using SLT Hontech/Chroma handler and Advantest 93000 tester will be a plus.

• Define and implement a product strategy tailored to Neocloud providers(hyperscalers, SaaS providers, cloud-native organizations)that positions Cisco as a leader in AI/ML infrastructure. Influence Cisco’s overall product and technology roadmap to prioritize investments in strategic areas.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams ensuring our Compute portfolio solves the challenges of AI-heavy industries such as healthcare, finance, automotive, and technology.
• Evangelize Cisco’s leadership in AI infrastructure through engagement with customers, sales teams, and external forums. Engage with experts and advocate for technologies critical for supporting high-density datacenter workloads. Represent Cisco at industry events and forums to identify emerging trends and potential collaborators.
• Prioritize features and capabilities that deliver the agility, scalability, and efficiency required by Neocloud environments, building partnerships providers to co-develop solutions that align with their unique scaling and infrastructure needs.
• Ensure the company's Compute portfolio addresses the operational challenges of Neocloud environments and the specific requirements of large-scale datacenters, including optimizing for power efficiency, cooling technologies, and advanced lifecycle management capabilities.
• Partner with other Cisco teams (Networking, Security, and Observability) to create end-to-end solutions that address customer challenges holistically, integrating the Compute portfolio seamlessly within our broader technology stack, allowing customers to adopt unified solutions that simplify operations and accelerate value.
• Work closely with the Global Sales Organization to support large-scale compute opportunities, ensuring the product portfolio meets customer workload requirements.Build relationships with key AI, Neocloud and Datacenter ecosystem players, including ISVs, hardware vendors, and startups. Establish and implement partnerships that drive innovation, improve time-to-market, and expand Cisco’s addressable market.

• 10+ years product management experience, ideally in compute, AI, cloud, or datacenter markets, working with Sales, Engineering, Marketing, and Partner teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Prior experience supporting global datacenter projects
• Understanding of AI/ML workloads, cloud-native architectures, and modern compute infrastructure technologies.
• Proven ability to align product strategy with customer needs and market trends, delivering solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

• Prior experience working with Neocloud providers to understand their infrastructure challenges.
• Familiarity with Cisco’s product portfolio
• Consistent track record in creating and managing technology partnerships.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree