Leader, Business Product Management

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a senior leader to design and drive a Go-To-Market framework for the AI Security & Platform Software portfolio. You will orchestrate partner RTM strategies, align across Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance and Customer Success, and translate strategy into actionable initiatives.

In this fast-paced role, you will influence executive decisions, build scalable GTM programs and governance, and ensure measurable outcomes through cross-functional collaboration and data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Operations, or related field.
• 12+ years in go-to-market leadership roles (PM, Sales, CS, Marketing).
• AI and agentic market experience in SaaS.
• Experience with AI, agentic platforms or developer-focused launches.
• Security exposure in agentic security.
• Experience with 0-to-1 product launches and customer adoption motions.
• Ability to operate in fast-paced, agile environments.
• Strong builder mindset.
• Ability to drive alignment across multiple stakeholder teams.
• Exposure to open source-to-monetization motions, DevOps buyers, or new commercialization models.
• Strong understanding of AI models, MCP, Agents, supply chain and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Partner RTM Strategy & execution for Cisco's AI Security & Platform Software.
• Develop and implement Go-To-Market strategies and operating frameworks aligned with business objectives.
• Translate strategy into initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Develop and operationalize GTM frameworks for new market motions across the agentic platform, working closely with Product and GTM teams.
• Work with Geo and country leaders in driving the objective in driving demand generation, pipeline and revenue through partners.
• Prepare and develop partner investments, incentives, programs and rewards required to drive acceleration.
• Monitor performance against strategic goals, identifying optimization opportunities.
• Manage expectations and align senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Build scalable frameworks and processes for Go-To-Market program execution across GTM teams.
• Establish governance models to ensure consistency and accountability.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, and Customer Success teams to ensure alignment and coordinated execution across organizations.

Skills

Go-to-Market Leadership

AI/Agentic experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Operations or related field

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 12/28/2026

MEET THE TEAM

Cisco is growing its agentic capabilities, delivering Cloud Control platform, and leading with AI security, AI powered capabilities and products, and a growing portfolio, along with acquisitions in agentic observability and orchestration. The pace of innovation demands a new way of bringing products to market. The routes to market (RTM ) Strategy and Execution group operates as an extension of the AI Software and Platform organization, building partner GTM playbooks that capture Cisco's scale at the speed of product velocity and drive the GTM acceleration through partners.

The team partners across Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, and Customer Success to drive alignment, operational excellence, and measurable outcomes. This is a fast-moving, highly collaborative team focused on building new RTM frameworks and commercialization motions for the agentic era.

YOUR IMPACT

As a lead, you will be hands-on designing and building a product RTM framework, approach , engagement methodology , partner value proposition and value exchange for the agentic era. In this role, you will orchestrate RTM strategies with all types of partners and roles that drive business growth, collaborating across Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, and Customer Success to ensure alignment, operational excellence, and measurable outcomes. This role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to translate high-level strategies into actionable execution plans.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner RTM Strategy & execution for Cisco's AI Security & Platform Software

• Develop and implement Go-To-Market strategies and new operating frameworks aligned with business objectives.
• Translate strategy into initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Develop and operationalize GTM frameworks for new market motions across the agentic platform, working closely with Product and GTM teams.
• Work with Geo and country leaders in driving the objective in driving demand generation, pipeline and revenue through partners.
• Prepare and develop partner investment , incentives , programs and rewards required to drive acceleration.

Business Inspection & Stakeholder Management

• Monitor performance against strategic goals, identifying optimization opportunities.
• Manage expectations and align senior leaders and stakeholders.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Build performance measurement frameworks and KPIs for GTM programs.
• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives and lessons learned.

Commercialization Strategy and Frameworks

• Support the strategy for agentic commercialization frameworks-pricing, packaging, and adoption models.
• Help build out open source-to-monetization motions, DevOps buying motions, and agent-as-buyer ICPs in partnership with Sales and Product.
• Define modern product enablement structures.

Leadership & Influence

• Advise executive leadership on GTM operations.
• Encourage cross-functional teams to achieve high-impact results.

Program Development

• Build scalable frameworks and processes for Go-To-Market program execution across GTM teams.
• Establish governance models to ensure consistency and accountability.

Cross-Functional Alignment

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, and Customer Success teams to ensure alignment and coordinated execution across organizations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Operations, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in go-to-market leadership roles such as Product Management, Sales, Sales Acceleration, Customer Success, or Marketing.
• Industry experience in the AI and agentic market, either in an AI company or supporting AI products within a SaaS company.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with AI, agentic AI, platform, or developer-focused product launches.
• Experience with Security and exposure to agentic security
• Experience with 0-to-1 product launches and customer adoption motions.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, agile environment with constant change.
• Strong interest as a builder.
• Ability to drive alignment and decisions across multiple stakeholder teams
• Exposure to open source-to-monetization motions, DevOps buying centers, or new commercialization models (usage-based, consumption, platform packaging).
• Strong understanding of AI models, MCP , Agents, supply chain and market trends insights

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. 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 ou