Product Specialist/Manager, Early in Career - Norway

Cisco; Bærum; Hybrid; NOK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco in Lysaker, Norway is hiring an Early-in-Career Product Manager to own meaningful product areas and grow quickly in a fast-moving, software-focused environment. You will partner with engineering, design, UX, data, and GTM teams to shape requirements and ship impactful features.

You’ll engage customers, translate needs into measurable outcomes, and contribute to intelligent workplace experiences powered by AI. This hybrid role starts Aug 2027 with three office days per week.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in product management, software delivery, or a related role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Development, Business, or a related field - or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience or strong exposure to software product development and agile ways of working.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Eligible to work and live in Norway without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive parts of a product or software area from discovery through delivery, partnering closely with engineering and design teams.
• Define product requirements and priorities using customer insights, usage data, and market understanding.
• Engage directly with customers to understand needs, validate solutions, and gather feedback.
• Shape product positioning and messaging in collaboration with Product Marketing to ensure our products resonate in the market.
• Work within agile development teams, contributing to backlog prioritization, iteration planning, and continuous delivery.
• Contribute to building intelligent workplace experiences powered by AI and emerging agentic workflows.
• Translate customer problems into clear product outcomes and measurable success metrics.
• Collaborate across software, UX, data, and go-to-market teams in a global environment.
• Support launches and continuous product improvement through rapid feedback loops.

Skills

Clear communication

Agile methodologies

Software product development

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer discovery

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/Business

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Agile tools

Job description

Location: Lysaker - Oslo, Norway. Work approach: Hybrid, minimum 3 days per week in the office. Start Date: August 2027.

Meet the Team

Our Cisco Collaboration Devices organization includes one of our primary development centers in Lysaker, Norway, where teams across UX, business, industrial design, software and hardware engineering, and product management work together to build the future of workplace collaboration.

Together, we create industry-leading collaboration experiences that blend hardware, software, and AI to help teams connect and work more effectively.

Our solutions are used by millions of people every month to collaborate, communicate, and drive outcomes in modern workplaces.

The Product Management team sits at the intersection of customer needs, market opportunities, and engineering execution.

We partner closely with software teams to shape product direction, define user value, and deliver meaningful innovation — increasingly focused on intelligent, software-driven experiences and agentic AI workflows that transform how teams work together.

You’ll join a highly capable, supportive team where expectations are high, learning is continuous, and impact happens early.

Your Impact

As an Early-in-Career Product Manager, you will take ownership of meaningful product areas while continuing to develop your product craft.

This role is ideal for someone with initial industry experience who wants to grow quickly in a fast-moving, software-focused environment.

In this role, you will:

• Own and drive parts of a product or software area from discovery through delivery, partnering closely with engineering and design teams.
• Define product requirements and priorities using customer insights, usage data, and market understanding.
• Engage directly with customers to understand needs, validate solutions, and gather feedback.
• Shape product positioning and messaging in collaboration with Product Marketing to ensure our products resonate in the market.
• Work within agile development teams, contributing to backlog prioritization, iteration planning, and continuous delivery.
• Contribute to building intelligent workplace experiences powered by AI and emerging agentic workflows.
• Translate customer problems into clear product outcomes and measurable success metrics.
• Collaborate across software, UX, data, and go-to-market teams in a global environment.
• Support launches and continuous product improvement through rapid feedback loops.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 - 2 years of experience in product management, software delivery, or a related role (e.g., engineering, business analysis, or product development).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Development, Business, or a related field - or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience or strong exposure to software product development and agile ways of working.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Eligible to work and live in Norway without visa sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with software teams building collaboration, SaaS, or AI-enabled products.
• Understanding of modern product practices such as agile development, experimentation, and data-informed decision making.
• Curiosity about AI-driven products, automation, or agentic systems that improve workplace productivity.
• Ability to balance analytical thinking with creativity and strong user empathy.
• Ownership mindset with the ability to proactively drive work forward.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones.
• Passion for building products that solve real customer problems.

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.

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.

Cisconians power the future.

We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale.

The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn.

We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together.

Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.