Engineering Product Manager Hybrid

Cisco Systems, Inc; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Product Manager for its Resilient Infrastructure program in a hybrid role based in Raleigh, NC, with options in Austin or Chicago and possible US remote.

You will own strategy, alignment, and execution across product and platform areas, coordinating with security leadership and incident response teams to drive risk-aware roadmaps. You will partner with Sales and Customer Experience to shape customer messaging, and present program updates to senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree + 12 years of related experience, or Master’s + 8 years, or PhD + 5 years, or equivalent
• Proven experience in product management, technical program management, or security program leadership within a large, multi-platform engineering organization
• Technical proficiency in product and network security, including attack surface reduction, secure-by-default design, and detection and response
• Proven ability to influence across cross-functional teams and executive communication skills to synthesize sophisticated technical information

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the strategy and execution of Resilient Infrastructure with high visibility and accountability across major product and platform areas
• Coordinate with platform and security leadership to track roadmaps and elevate risks to principal engineering leadership
• Shape strategic direction by defining next phases of work and championing new opportunities across products and platforms
• Partner with security research, incident response, Sales, and Customer Experience to define work and align customer messaging
• Build and maintain transparent progress updates for senior and executive leadership and ensure messaging stays aligned

Skills

Product management

Program management

Security leadership

Security by design

Attack surface reduction

Executive communication

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/29/2026

This role is hybrid in Raleigh, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; or Chicago, Illinois. Possible US Remote

Meet the Team

Cisco's Resilient Infrastructure program is a highly visible, company-wide initiative to strengthen the security posture of Cisco's portfolio. You will join the Security & Trust Organization (S&TO) to own the strategy and day-to-day execution of this top pivotal initiative. You will collaborate closely with platform product and engineering leadership, internal security research and incident-response teams, the corporate security organization, Sales, Customer Experience teams, and senior partners across Cisco. This is a highly cross-functional, executive-facing environment where you will align teams across product, engineering, sales, services, communications, and marketing around a shared security and resiliency agenda.

Your Impact

As an Engineering Product Manager, you will:

• Own and lead the strategy and execution of Resilient Infrastructure, ensuring continued program execution with high visibility, transparency, and accountability across major product and platform areas.
• Coordinate with platform and security leadership partners to track and lead execution against roadmaps, engaging deeply on the technical substance to identify risk and elevate appropriately to principal engineering leadership.
• Shape and guide the program's strategic direction by defining the next phases of work, identifying emerging priorities, and championing new opportunities to extend the Resilient Infrastructure approach into new products and platforms.
• Partner with internal security research, product-security incident response teams, Sales, and Customer Experience teams to define program work, align customer-facing messaging, and respond to customer inquiries.
• Build and maintain accurate, up-to-date transparency into program progress for senior and executive leadership, representing the program directly in executive-level conversations and ensuring internal and external messaging stays aligned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
• Proven experience in product management, technical program management, or security program leadership within a large, multi-platform engineering organization.
• Technical proficiency in product and network security, including attack surface reduction, secure-by-default design, and detection and response.
• Proven ability to influence across cross-functional teams and excellent executive communication skills to synthesize sophisticated technical information for senior audiences.
• Demonstrated critical thinking with experience shaping program direction and priorities, bringing structure and accountability to ambiguous programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise networking platforms (routers, switches, firewalls, identity/access management systems) or equivalent multi-platform environments.
• Familiarity with product security incident response processes, vulnerability lifecycle management, or product security domains.
• Experience supporting customer-facing security incident response and translating technical security capabilities into go-to-market messaging.
• Prior experience briefing executive level partners on security program status, risks, and landmarks.
• Experience coordinating large-scale, cross-platform programs spanning multiple product lines or business units.

S&TO

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 $169,300.00 to $237,200.00 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 of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to 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:

$194,600.00 - $328,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$179,000.00 - $294,000.00

* 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.