Hybrid AI-Driven Engineering Product Manager

Cisco Systems, Inc; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a seasoned Product Manager in North Carolina to own the full product lifecycle for the Partner Incentive team, driving roadmap strategy and cross-functional collaboration with IT and business stakeholders. You will shape multi-quarter plans and coordinate features while ensuring alignment with portfolio strategy.

You will also lead executive-level communications, develop roadmaps and decision frameworks, and apply Agile methods to deliver innovative incentive compensation and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, IT, operations or related field.
• 5+ years of combined experience in business/IT consulting, operations management, or product management.
• Experience designing or optimizing business processes across two core domains (e.g., Order Management, Incentive Compensation, Sales Performance Management).
• Experience in product management fields including strategy, roadmap, trade-offs, change management, and systems management.
• Proven experience delivering projects across Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).

Responsibilities

• Lead product lifecycle and roadmap ownership.
• Drive cross-functional alignment between product teams, partner groups, and leadership.
• Identify dependencies and coordinate new features or improvements.
• Provide input for future technical direction and drive business consulting within the partner compensation area.

Skills

Product management

Agile frameworks

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/IT/ops

Tools

Varicent

Xactly

Job description

Cisco is seeking a seasoned Product Manager in North Carolina to own the full product lifecycle for the Partner Incentive team, driving roadmap strategy and cross-functional collaboration with IT and business stakeholders. You will shape multi-quarter plans and coordinate features while ensuring alignment with portfolio strategy.

You will also lead executive-level communications, develop roadmaps and decision frameworks, and apply Agile methods to deliver innovative incentive compensation and