Remote Incubation Tech Activation Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; Durham (NC); Remote; USD 266,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

Basic life insurance

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to drive cross- product activation from concept to scaled execution.

You will define workstreams, assign owners, track milestones, and validate use cases across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers. You will coordinate with product, engineering, SE, partners, CX/support, and legal/security teams, building proof plans and field-readiness evidence to enable lighthouse wins and reusable playbooks for

Qualifications

• 12+ years of network software experience and solutions.
• Ability to create reference demos, proof plans, deployment patterns, and enablement materials for early-stage tech innovations.
• Experience maintaining technical registers, decision logs, and readiness checklists with data-driven evidence.
• 5+ years driving rapid prototyping/PoCs from concept to launch readiness and scale.
• Proven experience leading an engineering team aligned with sales counterparts.

Responsibilities

• Translate approved use cases and architectures into coordinated workstreams with accountable owners, milestones and criteria.
• Coordinate product, engineering, SE, dCloud/demo, partner, CX/support, legal/security, and field execution.
• Develop reference collaterals of proof plans, deployment patterns and field-readiness evidence.
• Run gates from concept to proof, pilot, launch readiness and scale; ensure reusable results.

Skills

Network software & solutions

Architectural literacy

Registers & logs management

Prototyping & PoCs

Engineering leadership

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to drive cross- product activation from concept to scaled execution.

You will define workstreams, assign owners, track milestones, and validate use cases across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers. You will coordinate with product, engineering, SE, partners, CX/support, and legal/security teams, building proof plans and field-readiness evidence to enable lighthouse wins and reusable playbooks for