Senior AI Security Product Lead

Cisco; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 234,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a Principal Product Manager for the AI Defense portfolio in a hybrid role based in San Jose. You will own enterprise AI security capabilities spanning governance, runtime protection, and supply chain, influencing cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver secure, scalable AI platforms.

You will report to executives, shape multi-year strategy, and work with research, engineering, and GTM to translate market needs into differentiated products that scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor's with extensive experience in product management, or advanced degrees with corresponding years of experience.
• Experience defining and delivering enterprise software or cloud platform products.
• Experience building AI, cybersecurity, cloud, identity, networking, observability, or similar enterprise platform products.
• Experience leading cross-functional organizations and securing executive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end roadmap for a major AI Security product area from concept through production.
• Prioritize strategic investments and roadmap tradeoffs across governance, app/runtime security, and supply chain.
• Drive cross-functional delivery with Engineering, UX, Threat Research, and GTM teams.
• Scale through partnerships with hyperscalers, AI platforms, and developer ecosystems.
• Represent Cisco in executive meetings, industry conferences, and analyst briefings.

Education

Bachelor's + 15 years / Masters + 12 years / PhD + 8 years in Product Management

Enterprise software / cloud platform products

Cross-functional leadership across Engineering, UX, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success

Executive alignment through data-driven business cases

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a Principal Product Manager for the AI Defense portfolio in a hybrid role based in San Jose. You will own enterprise AI security capabilities spanning governance, runtime protection, and supply chain, influencing cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver secure, scalable AI platforms.

You will report to executives, shape multi-year strategy, and work with research, engineering, and GTM to translate market needs into differentiated products that scale