Engineering Program Manager - AI & Automation Delivery

Cisco Systems, Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 116,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a seasoned program/product manager to lead end-to-end delivery for multiple complex products, tools, or platform capabilities, from requirements and planning through release and operationalization.

You will partner with Product Managers to convert priorities into executable plans, coordinate several Agile teams, manage scope, schedule, risks, and critical-path decisions, and provide leaders with clear options and recommendations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in program or product manager role.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe.
• Experience using agile project methodologies with Jira, Confluence or SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery for 2–5 complex products, tools, or platform capabilities from requirements and planning through release and operationalization.
• Partner with Product Managers to convert product priorities into executable plans, delivery milestones, technical dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate multiple Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders across engineering, architecture, security, operations, vendors, and customer-facing organizations.
• Proactively manage scope, schedule, resources, risks, and critical-path decisions while providing leaders with clear status, options, and recommendations.
• Drive launch and operational readiness so that delivered capabilities are supportable, adopted, measurable, and positioned to achieve their intended customer and business outcomes.

Skills

Agile project management

Cross-functional coordination

Risk and scope management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a seasoned program/product manager to lead end-to-end delivery for multiple complex products, tools, or platform capabilities, from requirements and planning through release and operationalization.

You will partner with Product Managers to convert priorities into executable plans, coordinate several Agile teams, manage scope, schedule, risks, and critical-path decisions, and provide leaders with clear options and recommendations.