Enterprise Networking Product Lead – API & AI Platforms

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a visionary Senior Product Manager to own the multi-year capability roadmap for enterprise networking platforms.

You will blend deep Cisco networking expertise with modern API architectures and AI-enabled workflows to deliver scalable, automated operations across campus, branch, and cloud environments. You will collaborate with CIOs and executives from Global 500 enterprises, partner with Catalyst, Meraki, and ThousandEyes to ensure a unified portfolio experience, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher with extensive related experience in enterprise networking and product management.
• Experience with Cisco networking technologies including Catalyst campus switching, routing, wireless, SD-WAN and network operating systems (IOS-XE / NX-OS).
• Ability to define multi-year product visions, author high-impact PRDs, and lead cross-functional engineering initiatives from concept to market leadership.
• Experience architecting modern standards for RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger, MCP, gNMI/NETCONF, webhooks, telemetry).
• Experience using agentic AI systems, automated workflows, and LLM-assisted methodologies to accelerate product management lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the multi-year capability roadmap for our enterprise platform.
• Collaborate with senior engineering, architecture teams, and CIOs of Global 500 enterprises to align roadmaps.
• Develop and validate API contracts and network virtualization strategies.
• Build intuitive, high-density visualization dashboards for enterprise operators.
• Mentor the product management community on technical depth and PRD craftsmanship.
• Lead executive-level customer discovery and advisory councils to validate scalability needs.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree + 12 years of exp

Cisco Networking

Catalyst switching

Routing

Wireless

SD-WAN

NX-OS

Product vision

PRDs

Cross-functional leadership

RESTful APIs

OpenAPI/Swagger

gNMI/NETCONF

Webhooks

Telemetry

Agentic AI

Automated workflows

LLM-assisted

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 12 years exp

Masters + 8 years exp

PhD + 5 years exp

Tools

Cisco Modeling Language (CML)

VIRL

GNS3

EVE-NG

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a visionary Senior Product Manager to own the multi-year capability roadmap for enterprise networking platforms.

You will blend deep Cisco networking expertise with modern API architectures and AI-enabled workflows to deliver scalable, automated operations across campus, branch, and cloud environments. You will collaborate with CIOs and executives from Global 500 enterprises, partner with Catalyst, Meraki, and ThousandEyes to ensure a unified portfolio experience, and