Remote Incubation Tech Activation Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 266,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to turn approved cross-product decisions into coordinated, measurable workstreams.

You will own milestones, owners, dependencies, and acceptance criteria across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers, driving evidence-based progress. You will develop reference proofs, deployment patterns, and field-readiness collateral, coordinating with product, engineering, SE, partners, and legal teams to ensure readiness

Qualifications

• 12+ years of demonstrated expertise in network software and solutions.
• Strong architectural literacy with ability to create reference demos, proof plans, deployment patterns, and enablement materials.
• Experience maintaining technical registers, decision logs, and readiness checklists using data-driven evidence.
• 5+ years driving rapid prototyping and PoCs from concept through pilot, launch readiness, and scale.
• Proven experience leading an engineering team aligned with sales counterparts.

Responsibilities

• Turn approved cross-product technical decisions into dated, owned workstreams with accountable owners.
• Coordinate use-case charter, readiness checklist, and evidence across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and incubation offers.
• Develop reference collaterals of proof plans, deployment patterns, and field-readiness evidence.
• Coordinate product, engineering, SE, dCloud/demo, partner, CX/support, legal/security, and field execution.

Skills

Network software

Architectural literacy

Data-driven decision logs

Proofs of Concepts

Engineering leadership

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to turn approved cross-product decisions into coordinated, measurable workstreams.

You will own milestones, owners, dependencies, and acceptance criteria across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers, driving evidence-based progress. You will develop reference proofs, deployment patterns, and field-readiness collateral, coordinating with product, engineering, SE, partners, and legal teams to ensure readiness