Director, Product Management

Application Deadline expected to close Jan. 31, 2026.

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

Join Cisco's Enterprise Switching team as a Director of Product Management and lead the transformation of next-generation management platforms and user experiences for enterprise networks. Lead a high-performing team of product managers while partnering with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to solve complex challenges for the world's most demanding enterprises. Simplify networking technology at scale and define the future of how IT teams operate their infrastructure.

Your Impact

As a strategic leader and visionary, you will create transformational impact by:

Leading and Scaling Teams - Build, mentor, and inspire a team of Product Managers to achieve excellence. Set strategic direction, establish clear priorities, and create an environment where your team thrives, grows, and delivers breakthrough results.

Driving Platform Strategy - Own the product vision and roadmap for our switching management platform experiences, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market demands while anticipating future customer needs.

Championing Customer Experience - Elevate network operations through relentless focus on usability, efficiency, and delightful user experiences that transform how administrators interact with complex systems.

Making Strategic Decisions - Balance data-driven insights with speed and pragmatism. Think critically, move decisively, and drive innovation through rapid iteration and continuous learning.

Translating Market Needs into Products - Deeply understand technical requirements and user workflows, then translate them into compelling product experiences that solve real operational challenges.

Orchestrating Cross-Functional Success - Lead through influence across engineering, design, sales, marketing, and support teams to tackle complex technical challenges and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Managing End-to-End Lifecycle - Guide SaaS and hardware products from concept through launch and optimization, driving adoption, retention, and long-term value creation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's with 12+ years or Master's with 8+ years of relevant experience

• Proven track record launching and scaling SaaS platforms with demonstrated user adoption and growth in enterprise networking markets

• 7+ years in product management or equivalent roles in modern cloud and/or connected hardware technology

• 5+ years successfully leading and developing high-performance Product Management teams

• Deep understanding of enterprise IT operations including networking, security, cloud infrastructure, and application delivery across distributed environments with 500+ endpoints and multi-site connectivity

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep passion for user-centered design with demonstrated success building exceptional experiences for technical audiences

• Comprehensive understanding of networking protocols, cloud architectures, and enterprise infrastructure complexity

• Strong collaboration track record with engineering teams (backend/frontend) bringing innovative products from concept to market

• Technical expertise in management platforms including monitoring, configuration automation, AI/ML applications, and security integration

• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, overcome technical obstacles, and deliver results under pressure

• Practical, hands-on experience configuring enterprise switches and developing automation solutions

• Strategic mindset combined with operational excellence and bias for action

• Relevant enterprise networking experience valued equally with formal education

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.

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.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.