Principal Product Management Engineer (Remote)

Cisco•San Jose, CA

3d•$225,000 - $374,100•Remote

About The Position

The Control Plane Product Management team is dedicated to delivering a flawless, automated platform experience that accelerates customer value realization. This role sits at the core of the Splunk Platform, bridging product, engineering, and operations to eliminate friction across the customer’s Splunk experience and service lifecycle. The team is a tight-knit, highly technical group of PMs who thrive in a fast-paced environment where ambiguity is the norm. They value data-driven decision-making, customer compassion, and a strong bias for action. Their work directly influences critical business outcomes—driving adoption, accelerating revenue, and powering next-generation offerings — while redefining the end-to-end platform experience.

Requirements

Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience.
Consistent track record delivering technical products within cloud platforms, SaaS, or infrastructure domains.
Demonstrated success in managing the full product lifecycle (definition, build, release, and iteration) for complex, distributed systems.
Consistent track record of driving delivery across engineering, operations, and business partners for large-scale platforms.
Proficiency in defining and tracking product metrics to advise prioritization and demonstrate business impact.
Familiarity with tools like GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and modern AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, OpenAI Codex)

Nice To Haves

Exceptional ability to navigate complex, evolving problem spaces and drive clarity for the team.
Strong partner management skills with the ability to align multi-functional teams without direct authority.
A deep passion for improving end-to-end user experiences through insight and design thinking.
Familiarity with automation, provisioning systems, and platform standardization initiatives.
Excellent ability to articulate complex technical strategies to both technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the strategy for internal engineering platforms and AI-driven productivity tools, ensuring alignment with broader business outcomes.
Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for developer productivity (CI/CD, build tooling, test infrastructure) and AI integrations (agentic assistants, model context protocols), balancing technical risks and business trade-offs.
Partner with engineering leads and platform teams to align priorities, unblock delivery, and translate user feedback into actionable, measurable requirements.
Lead the strategic direction for AI tooling, including build-vs-buy analysis, migration planning, and the creation of a skills/prompts marketplace to enable repeatable workflows.
Monitor engineering productivity and sentiment using DORA metrics and surveys to identify gaps and drive continuous improvement.
Represent Cisco in high-value forums and evangelize product vision across business units, sales teams, and the broader industry.
Foster an innovation culture through hackathons, conduct user research to improve UX, and manage clear communication regarding product roadmaps, feature releases, and deprecations.
Serve as a leader within the Product Management community, providing deep technical insight and shaping organizational strategy across portfolios.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
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
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
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
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)