Engineering Product Manager – Incentives & AI (Hybrid NC)

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Hybrid work model

Performance-based incentive pay

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a seasoned product leader to own the lifecycle of a defined product, drive operational excellence, and build strong relationships with business and IT customers to advance strategic goals. You will steer a roadmap, align multiple teams, and shape requirements with a focus on measurable impact.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, stakeholder engagement, and leadership in the partner compensation functional area, with hybrid work in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information technology, operations or an equivalent, with 5+ years of combined experience in business/IT consulting, operations management, or product management.
• Experience designing, delivering, or optimizing business processes across core domains such as Order Management, Incentive Compensation, Sales Performance Management, Distribution Compensation, or Business Reporting.
• Practical experience in product management fields, including strategy, roadmaps, trade-offs, change management, and systems management.
• Experience delivering projects across the full lifecycle within Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Experience creating executive presentations, business cases, and roadmaps for cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Product Roadmap & Strategy Ownership: Maintain full ownership of a defined product roadmap over 6–12 months.
• Strategic Prioritization: Develop multi-quarter plans, balancing cost, complexity and customer impact.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Bridge product teams, partner groups and leadership.
• Requirements & Execution: Identify dependencies and coordinate new features.
• Technical & Business Leadership: Provide input for future direction and support affiliate consulting.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/IT/operations

Tools

Varicent

Xactly

Business Objects

Excel

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a seasoned product leader to own the lifecycle of a defined product, drive operational excellence, and build strong relationships with business and IT customers to advance strategic goals. You will steer a roadmap, align multiple teams, and shape requirements with a focus on measurable impact.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, stakeholder engagement, and leadership in the partner compensation functional area, with hybrid work in the United States.