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Cisco Product Manager 
United States, California, San Jose 
671013109

31.03.2025

The application window is expected to close on: 4/30/2025

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

Your Impact

As a Product Manager within our group, you will have the responsibilities for optical transceivers, owning every product aspect throughout the product lifecycle - from market exploration, requirements definition and development, to go-to-market, product transition and end-of-sale phases.

Product Managers are empowered, trusted and influential leaders.

  • Data driven and business-oriented leader to drive adoption and set commercial aspects of High-Speed Optics used on AI applications.
  • Responsible for growth, pricing, promotions, and marketing collaterals.
  • Track optics opportunities and develop join initiatives with host-platforms (Cisco Switches/Routers/Servers) to position Cisco high-speed optics with customers.
  • Develop roadmap and engage with cross functional teams (Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Procurement, Supply, etc.) to productize it.
  • Manage new product introductions, transitions, forecast and P&L.
  • Create partnerships with host-platform counterparts, sales specialists, and account teams to socialize and promote our portfolio.
  • Participate in training webinars, blogs, whitepapers and trade shows to articulate value propositions and competitive advantages.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelors in relevant field with a minimum 8+ years of product management experience, or master’s degree with 5+ years of product management experience.
  • Product Management experience in a Cisco Platform (Switch/Router/Server).
  • Strong technical understanding of network applications and architectures at a high-level (e.g. GPU Clusters, Data Centers, Service Provider Networks and Campus Networks, among others).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with high-speed pluggable optics (such as pluggable form factors and compatibility; IEEE optical standards and MSAs, optical interoperability and breakouts; fiber types, patch panels, patch cords, and optical connectors; data rates, modulation formats, bit error ratio, forward error correction and protocols – Ethernet, Infiniband-, etc.).
  • Ability to build relationships with peers, partners and customers.
  • Experience managing multiple issues and initiatives simultaneously.
  • Strong analytical skills to break a problem into smaller solvable pieces.
  • Strong communication skills to engage effectively with key stakeholders, and articulate complex issues clearly.