Remote Incubation Tech Activation Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; Acton (MA); Remote; USD 266,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to drive cross‑product architectural decisions into dated, owned workstreams that move from concept to pilot, proving field readiness across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers.

You will align product, engineering, SE, dCloud/demo, partner, CX/support, legal/security, and field teams to create reusable proof, onboarding procedures, and reference deployment patterns that accelerate adoption and scale

Qualifications

• 12+ years of demonstrated expertise in Network software and solutions.
• Strong architectural literacy with the ability to create reference demos, proof plans, deployment patterns, and enablement materials for early-stage technology innovations.
• Experience maintaining technical registers, decision logs, and readiness checklists, identifying dependencies and raising issues using data-driven evidence.
• 5+ years of experience driving rapid prototyping and Proof of Concepts (PoCs) from initial concept through pilot, launch readiness, and scale.
• Proven experience leading an engineering team aligned with sales counterparts.

Responsibilities

• Translate approved use cases and architecture into coordinated workstreams with accountable owners, dependencies, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain the technical activation register, decision log, readiness checklist, partner-delivery tracker, use-case charter, and feedback register.
• Coordinate product, engineering, SE, dCloud/demo, partner, CX/support, legal/security, and field execution, including partner SOW deliverables.
• Develop reference collaterals of proof plans, deployment patterns, and field-readiness evidence, and drive gates from concept to scale.
• Orchestrate AI Defense and Cloud Control onboarding procedures and design for MCF managed service readiness.

Skills

Network software

Architectural literacy

Data-driven decisions

PoCs leadership

Engineering leadership

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to drive cross‑product architectural decisions into dated, owned workstreams that move from concept to pilot, proving field readiness across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers.

You will align product, engineering, SE, dCloud/demo, partner, CX/support, legal/security, and field teams to create reusable proof, onboarding procedures, and reference deployment patterns that accelerate adoption and scale