Senior Product Manager(1444394) (San Jose)

Engineer - Pre Sales and Product Management

Compensation Range

184000 USD - 266000 USD

Job Type

Professional

Job Id

1444394

The application window is expected to close on: 07/07/2025

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

Meet the Team

The Data Center Networking team at Cisco is at the forefront of innovation, driving the evolution of networking to support modern applications, cloud services, and new technologies like AI/ML. We are committed to delivering advanced networking solutions to power the world's data centers while encouraging a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive environment where creativity and innovation thrive. Join us as we expand our portfolio to meet customer demands and simplify their experience.

Your Impact

As a Sr. Product Manager - Data Center Networking , you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of secure, scalable AI/ML fabrics and enterprise data center fabrics. You’ll work closely with multi-functional teams to define and deliver industry-leading products, while driving growth and innovation in data center networking technologies. Here's how you’ll make an impact:

• Lead and collaborate with multi-functional teams to define Cisco’s Data Center Networking roadmap for secure, scalable AI/ML fabrics and enterprise data center solutions.
• Articulate and promote our portfolio value proposition to drive business growth, focusing on emerging opportunities in AI/ML and enterprise workloads.
• Define new product requirements and improvements, delivering a clear value proposition for customers.
• Partner with engineering, supply chain, finance, customer service, sales, and channel partner teams to develop differentiated products and drive business success.
• Lead the complete product lifecycle from product definition to launch and end-of-life, ensuring seamless execution.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• 6+ years of cross-functional collaboration experience in delivering technical products to market.
• 5+ years of experience working with networking concepts, protocols, and architectures

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of data center networking concepts, protocols, system design, and architectures (including ASIC).
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical product capabilities into compelling, customer-centric messaging.
• Proven leadership skills with a track record of driving products from requirements to market success.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to engage different audience levels, both large and small.
• 3+ years of product management experience, preferably passionate about technical products.
• 3+ years of expertise in developing business plans, including market analysis, competitive analysis, and financial modeling.
• MBA, advanced degree, or CCNA/CCIE certification preferred.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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 haveaccess 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 ofvacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Offpolicy, 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 ofunused sick timewill be carried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the nextsuch that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is160 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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