Remote Tech Activation Lead – Incubation & GTM

Cisco Systems, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 266,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to translate cross‑product decisions into managed workstreams with defined owners, milestones, and acceptance criteria.

You will coordinate across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers to reach field readiness and lighthouse customer wins. You will develop repeatable reference materials and evidence-based proofs, coordinating with product, engineering, SE, and partner teams to drive launch readiness and

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 across teams.
• 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, and scale.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure handoffs and test results are reusable across teams.

Skills

Network software

PoCs

Engineering leadership

Go-To-Market

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Incubation Technical Activation Lead to translate cross‑product decisions into managed workstreams with defined owners, milestones, and acceptance criteria.

You will coordinate across AI Defense, Cloud Control, MCF, and future incubation offers to reach field readiness and lighthouse customer wins. You will develop repeatable reference materials and evidence-based proofs, coordinating with product, engineering, SE, and partner teams to drive launch readiness and