Director of AI Security Product Strategy

Cisco; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 234,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a strategic product leader to define and implement the next generation of AI Security capabilities. This role owns a core area of the AI Defense portfolio, guiding strategy, customer adoption, and cross-functional execution across engineering, design, GTM, and research teams.

The leader will shape Cisco’s long-term vision for securing enterprise AI while translating market opportunities into differentiated products that scale globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of industry experience, strong product management background in the AI products space.
• Demonstrable experience in people leadership experience managing senior product managers or technical product leaders.
• Experience defining and delivering enterprise software or cloud platform products from strategy through general availability (GA).
• Experience building AI, cybersecurity, cloud, identity, networking, observability, or similar enterprise platform products.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional organizations across Engineering, UX, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership and drive organizational alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution for a major AI Security product area from concept through production, adoption, and lifecycle management.
• Define and establish a long-term, multi-year product vision and strategy aligned with Cisco’s AI Security vision and evolving enterprise customer needs.
• Drive product investments across AI governance, AI application security, runtime protection, AI supply chain security, agent security, and AI validation.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Design, Threat Research, GTM, Customer Experience, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development to deliver market-leading products.
• Translate customer requirements, competitive intelligence, and emerging AI threats into clear product direction and execution priorities.
• Drive strategic partnerships across the AI ecosystem, including hyperscalers, AI platforms, developer ecosystems, and enterprise software providers.
• Lead cross-functional planning, investment tradeoffs, and roadmap prioritization across multiple releases.
• Develop deep relationships with customers, design partners, analysts, and strategic partners to influence product direction.
• Build compelling product narratives and represent Cisco at executive customer meetings, industry events, analyst briefings, and conferences.
• Mentor and develop senior product managers while helping establish world-class product management practices across the organization.
• Drive customer-centric innovation across the AI Security portfolio.
• Influence cross-business unit strategy and build alignment across Cisco’s Security, AI, Networking, and Observability organizations.
• Develop durable competitive differentiation through platform thinking, ecosystem partnerships, and enterprise workflows.
• Build high-performing teams that implement with urgency while maintaining exceptional product quality.
• Play an instrumental role in establishing Cisco as the trusted security platform for enterprise AI.

Skills

AI security

Strategy & roadmaps

Cross-functional leadership

Enterprise software

Cloud / platform products

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Job description

Cisco is seeking a strategic product leader to define and implement the next generation of AI Security capabilities. This role owns a core area of the AI Defense portfolio, guiding strategy, customer adoption, and cross-functional execution across engineering, design, GTM, and research teams.

The leader will shape Cisco’s long-term vision for securing enterprise AI while translating market opportunities into differentiated products that scale globally.