Engineering Product Manager, AI Canvas

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA seeks a product leader to shape an AI-native agent platform for network operations, driving the product vision, strategy, and platform capabilities across engineering, design, data/AI, CX, sales, partners, and strategy.

You will lead AI-powered experiences, define orchestration and extensibility, and work with lighthouse customers to validate adoption and business impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management (or equivalent), including platform or automation products.
• Experience delivering AI-powered product experiences (e.g., intelligent assistants, recommendations, or automation).
• Background in network operations, IT operations, or enterprise automation at scale.
• Experience working cross-functionally across engineering, design, CX, sales, partners, and executive forums.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product vision and strategy for an AI-native agent platform for network operations.
• Define platform capabilities: agent creation workflows, knowledge management, tool integrations, orchestration, evaluation frameworks, and extensibility.
• Lead AI-powered experiences: natural language interfaces, intelligent recommendations, autonomous workflows, and agent reasoning capabilities.
• Drive network domain differentiation by leveraging network intelligence and enterprise-grade AI capabilities across Cisco portfolio.
• Partner with Design to deliver intuitive experiences that scale from simple tasks to complex automation scenarios.
• Validate with lighthouse customers and partners: set adoption and TTV targets; instrument the platform for actionable metrics.
• Build business cases: collaborate with Finance, Legal, and GTM on pricing/packaging; enable field teams and partners for launch.
• Run alpha/beta/GA programs: lead backlog and phased delivery across multiple teams; ship value continuously.
• Enable partner ecosystem: define marketplace models, multi-tenancy requirements, and partner integration strategies.

Skills

Product management

AI-powered experiences

Network operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

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

Meet the Team

Cisco is building a unified, AI-native management platform that brings together Networking, Security, Observability, Collaboration and more into a single, coherent platform experience. You’ll join a small, highly motivated platform team that is partnering across Cisco. We ship iteratively, measure outcomes, and obsess over customer and partner time-to-value. You’ll collaborate daily with Engineering, Design, Data/AI, Customer Experience, Sales, and Strategy, plus external tech partners. You’ll also coordinate with exec sponsors across business units to land cross-portfolio initiatives at scale.

Your Impact

• Lead the product vision and strategy for an AI-native agent platform purpose-built for network operations

• Define platform capabilities: agent creation workflows, knowledge management, tool integrations, orchestration, evaluation frameworks, and extensibility

• Lead AI-powered experiences: natural language interfaces, intelligent recommendations, autonomous workflows, and agent reasoning capabilities

• Drive network domain differentiation: Leverage Cisco's network intelligence, integrations across Cisco portfolio, and enterprise-grade AI capabilities

• Partner with Design to deliver intuitive experiences that scale from simple tasks to complex automation scenarios

• Validate with lighthouse customers and partners: Set adoption and TTV targets; instrument the platform for actionable metrics

• Build business cases: Partner with Finance, Legal, and GTM on pricing/packaging proposals; enable field teams and partners for launch

• Run alpha/beta/GA programs: Lead backlog and phased delivery across multiple teams; ship value continuously

• Enable partner ecosystem: Define marketplace models, multi-tenancy requirements, and partner integration strategies

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management (or equivalent), including platform or automation products

• Experience delivering AI-powered product experiences (e.g., intelligent assistants, recommendations, or automation)

• Background in network operations, IT operations, or enterprise automation at scale

• Experience working cross-functionally across engineering, design, CX, sales, partners, and executive forums

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with agent platforms, orchestration systems, or workflow automation tools

• Understanding of partner ecosystems, multi-tenancy, and marketplace models

• Comfortable defining critical metrics and running evidence-based roadmaps

• Excellent narrative and storytelling skills; ability to simplify complexity for executive and customer audiences

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

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:

$171,600.00 - $281,800.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$151,300.00 - $250,900.00

* 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.