Remote Tech Activation Lead, GTM Incubation

Cisco Systems, Inc; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 266,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with Cisco matching

Paid parental leave

Paid time off (vacation/sick)

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to translate cross-product decisions into owner-led workstreams with defined milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteria across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers.

You will orchestrate multiple teams and partners to drive tangible proof, pilots, and field readiness. The role emphasizes building repeatable sales and partner playbooks, securing lighthouse customers, and delivering evidence-based

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

• Turn approved cross-product technical and architectural decisions into dated, owned workstreams with milestones and acceptance criteria across multiple incubation areas.
• 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; run gates from concept through proof, pilot, launch readiness, and scale.

Skills

Network software

Architectural literacy

Registers and logs

Rapid prototyping

Engineering leadership

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to translate cross-product decisions into owner-led workstreams with defined milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteria across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers.

You will orchestrate multiple teams and partners to drive tangible proof, pilots, and field readiness. The role emphasizes building repeatable sales and partner playbooks, securing lighthouse customers, and delivering evidence-based