Product Management MBA (Intern) - United States

Cisco•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Find the career path in Product Management that you’re passionate about. Cisco provides an environment where your creativity can become a reality. Work as part of a distributed team by collaborating with Cisco leaders via social events, information sessions, and 'lunch and learn' sessions. Your Impact Develop strategic marketing plans for a product or product line through market research, competitive analysis, pricing, customer engagement, and business planning. Drive new business and opportunities for the business unit and technology group. Develop innovative product features and functionality in partnership with Engineering. Provide customer use-case examples to Engineering and act as the primary liaison for customer feedback and requirements with R&D. Drive resolution of customer satisfaction issues. Handle issues associated with ordering of products, systems and tools, and manufacturing supply. Forecast and help drive opportunities for product lines with annual revenues from $100M to $4B. Identify areas for growth and craft strategic product line roadmaps to help drive adoption of the product and its differentiating features. Develop and execute results-focused campaigns across various markets to ensure Cisco's market share and profitability. This includes media releases, launch materials, customer presentations, videos, podcasts, and sales training materials.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in an MBA program or a related graduate-level business program
Working knowledge or experience with Market Research, Competitive Analysis, and Strategic Planning
Working knowledge or experience formulating Product Roadmaps
Able to legally live and work in the country for which you’re applying, without visa support or sponsorship

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI and machine learning models
Technical or Business undergrad
Previous Internship or work experience with technology companies with a proven track record as a Product Manager or Product Owner
Familiarity with Networking and Cloud solutions
Published research or industry contributions
Proficiency in Python, C++, SQL
Agile Methodologies

Responsibilities

Develop strategic marketing plans for a product or product line through market research, competitive analysis, pricing, customer engagement, and business planning.
Drive new business and opportunities for the business unit and technology group.
Develop innovative product features and functionality in partnership with Engineering.
Provide customer use-case examples to Engineering and act as the primary liaison for customer feedback and requirements with R&D. Drive resolution of customer satisfaction issues. Handle issues associated with ordering of products, systems and tools, and manufacturing supply.
Forecast and help drive opportunities for product lines with annual revenues from $100M to $4B. Identify areas for growth and craft strategic product line roadmaps to help drive adoption of the product and its differentiating features.
Develop and execute results-focused campaigns across various markets to ensure Cisco's market share and profitability. This includes media releases, launch materials, customer presentations, videos, podcasts, and sales training materials.

Benefits

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.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 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.