Senior Director, Product Management

Cisco; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 285,000 - 391,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Flexible vacation time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management for Studio & Marketplace to define the multi-year roadmap for the Cloud Control Studio and Marketplace, driving enterprise agentic operations and developer extensibility.

You will build and scale a high-performing PM organization, recruit leaders, and coordinate across Security, Networking, Observability, and partner ecosystems to deliver a world-class platform and ecosystem for ISV partners and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years delivering product strategy for enterprise SaaS.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and managing teams building agentic AI platforms.
• Proven success in software monetization models, GTM and marketplace dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Set the North Star product vision and multi-year roadmap for Studio and Marketplace.
• Own the Studio low-code/no-code builder workflows and developer SDKs.
• Architect Marketplace monetization, catalog discovery, and ISV partnerships.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Cisco portfolios and partner ecosystems.
• Represent Studio & Marketplace in executive briefings and analyst reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Product strategy

AI platforms knowledge

GTM & marketplace experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree and 15+ years of software industry experience

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 09/20/2026

Meet the Team

Cisco’s AI Software & Platform Group builds enterprise AI platforms and developer tooling, integrating our networking, security, and observability portfolio with modern AI to power autonomous systems. We improve reinforcement learning, simulation, and predictive analytics to make enterprise AI accurate, grounded, and trustworthy.

Cisco is defining the future of enterprise operations with AgenticOps—an operating paradigm where human operators and autonomous AI agents collaborate in real time to configure, manage, secure, and heal complex infrastructure across Networking, Security, Observability, and Compute. Cisco Cloud Control is the unified platform bringing AgenticOps to life.

Your Impact

Within This Organization, The Studio & Marketplace Team Leads The Platform Extensibility, Low-code Agent Creation, And Commercial Partner Monetization Engine That Transforms Cloud Control Into An Open Enterprise Operating System

• Cloud Control Studio is the low-code builder and multi-agent orchestration plane where enterprise developers and IT operators create, test, and deploy customized AI agents, operational workflows, and automation applications.
• Cloud Control Marketplace is the global enterprise distribution catalog and commercial exchange where third-party Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), and partners distribute and monetize agents, tools, and integrations.

In this role, you will form a tightly integrated leadership triad with Design and Engineering leadership, collaborating across Cisco’s Security, Networking, and Observability portfolios, AI Core Architecture teams, and global ISV partner ecosystems.

As the Senior Director of Product Management for Studio & Marketplace, you will:

• Set the North Star Product Vision & Strategy: Define, own, and implement the multi-year product roadmap for Cloud Control Studio and Marketplace, establishing Cisco as the definitive industry standard for enterprise agentic operations and developer extensibility.
• Own the Agentic Builder & Orchestration Plane (Studio): Drive the product lifecycle for low-code/no-code builder workflows, agent-to-agent collaboration frameworks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool integrations, and developer SDKs/APIs.
• Architect the Two-Sided Commercial Ecosystem (Marketplace): Design and scale business models, catalog discovery, consumption metering, subscription packaging, and ISV revenue-sharing structures to attract world-class enterprise software vendors and ecosystem partners.
• Standardize Enterprise Trust & Protocols: Drive platform adoption of modern agentic protocols (Model Context Protocol, A2A communication) while integrating deeply with Cisco AI Defense for runtime zero-trust guardrails, compliance, and policy enforcement.
• Build & Scale a High-Performing PM Organization: Recruit, mentor, and lead a world-class team of Product Managers and PM leaders, fostering a culture of product craft, customer obsession, and rapid execution.
• Drive multi-functional Matrix Alignment: Lead through influence across decentralized business units, establishing shared platform primitives and unified developer standards across product silos.
• Serve as Executive Product Evangelist: Represent Studio & Marketplace in executive customer briefings, C-suite advisory councils, analyst reviews (Gartner, Forrester), and major industry keynote stages.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 15+ years of software industry experience, with a proven track record delivering product strategy, low-code/no-code builders, API ecosystems, or B2B enterprise SaaS marketplaces from concept through scaled commercial vitality.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and managing hard-working talent building agentic AI platforms.
• Demonstrated success in software monetization models, GTM and marketplace dynamics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or MBA.
• Modern AI & Agentic Systems Fluency: Deep conceptual and practical understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic orchestration frameworks, Model Context Protocol (MCP), tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI safety/guardrails.
• Ecosystem & Open-Source Leadership: Active experience leading partner ecosystems, developer communities, or industry API standardization initiatives.
• Enterprise Infrastructure Domain Knowledge: Working familiarity with enterprise IT operations across Cloud, Networking, Cybersecurity, Observability, and hybrid data center architectures.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with a demonstrated ability to navigate matrixed organizations, align multi-functional VP/EVP level partners, and engage Fortune 500 C-level buyers.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada

The starting salary range posted for this position is $284,700.00 to $390,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. For Quota-based Incentive Pay, Cisco Typically Pays As Follows

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area

$284,700.00 - $449,500.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$272,000.00 - $398,000.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
• Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.