Senior Strategic Platform Partnerships Manager

Cisco Systems, Inc; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 133,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 paid holidays

Birthday leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

Cisco seeks a strategic partnerships leader to drive initiatives across hyperscaler ecosystems and partner networks, translating opportunities into actionable product requirements. You will align engineering, sales, and partner leadership to deliver integrated solutions that scale across the Cisco Platform.

The role emphasizes a partner-first mindset, lifecycle orchestration from concept to rollout, and significant revenue growth impact within enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in product management, business development, or strategic technical roles in SaaS/cloud.
• Experience managing complex partnerships or platform integrations with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proven ability to define product strategy and roadmaps for platform-scale initiatives.
• Experience writing product requirements, narratives, and business cases aligning engineering and exec leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead definition and execution of strategic partnership initiatives across hyperscaler ecosystems.
• Define product strategy and align cross-functional roadmaps.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions that drive revenue growth.
• Drive alignment across engineering, sales, and partner leadership for complex requirements.
• Orchestrate the product lifecycle from concept and negotiations to large-scale rollout and adoption.

Skills

Product management

Business development

Strategic partnerships

Roadmap execution

Documentation (PRD)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Cisco seeks a strategic partnerships leader to drive initiatives across hyperscaler ecosystems and partner networks, translating opportunities into actionable product requirements. You will align engineering, sales, and partner leadership to deliver integrated solutions that scale across the Cisco Platform.

The role emphasizes a partner-first mindset, lifecycle orchestration from concept to rollout, and significant revenue growth impact within enterprise environments.