Drive Cisco’s solution strategy across coordinated infrastructure, including converged platforms, software-defined storage, AI/ML environments, and data protection.
Define solution use cases that span virtualization, containers, hybrid cloud, and high-performance computing workloads.
Build compelling cases to justify investment and prioritize strategic opportunities.
Identify, evaluate, and lead strategic technology partnerships that enable differentiated solutions and go-to-market scale.
Collaborate with engineering teams to translate customer needs into product requirements and roadmaps.
Lead multi-functional go-to-market planning across Cisco sales, marketing, and business development teams.
Build field enablement assets, messaging frameworks, and sales tools to drive adoption and pipeline.
Represent Cisco in executive briefings, partner forums, customer engagements, and analyst interactions.
Ensure alignment across collaborators in legal, finance, support, alliances, and engineering for successful solution execution.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in product management or Business development within compute infrastructure, enterprise storage (SAN, NAS, Software-defined Storage), or cloud-native technologies.
3+ years of experience managing collaborators and leading multi-functional projects to deliver integrated hardware and software solutions.
Consistent track record of developing over 5 business cases or market assessments that influenced product investment decisions, crafted strategic direction, and drove measurable impact on revenue growth and market share through effective multi-functional teamwork.
Preferred Qualifications:
Deep understanding of data center deployment, use cases, and architecture across enterprise environments, neo-cloud providers, and hyperscalers.
Strong understanding of Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), and core storage technologies including file, block, and object storage.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and support data-driven decision-making.
Strong understanding of compute technologies, including server architecture, processors, memory, and GPUs, with experience supporting modern data center platforms and workloads
Strong ability to identify and nurture strategic technology partnerships with co-development and joint go-to-market potential.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills for both technical and executive audiences.
Experience in crafting sales enablement tools, field messaging frameworks, and go-to-market content.