Product Manager - Cloud Control (Hybrid)

Cisco•San Jose, CA

2d•$171,600 - $245,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Cisco Cloud Control provides IT teams with a unified platform for managing networking, security, compute, observability, and collaboration, including AI-assisted tasks. Its shared services encompass identity, tenancy, access, assets, topology, telemetry, search, navigation, audit, and actions, which are utilized by AI Canvas, the AI Assistant, and Cloud Control Studio. The integrations team plays a crucial role in connecting Cisco products to these services while ensuring the preservation of essential customer features. This role involves collaborating with product, engineering, design, security, and identity teams across Cisco to simplify cross-domain operations for customers.

Requirements

Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
Owned a platform, developer platform, or internal service used by at least two product teams, including roadmap and launch decisions.
Experience delivering an integration from planning through production with at least two product teams, documenting requirements, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
Released a self-service capability with a documented API or integration contract, onboarding instructions, and validation tools.
Managed a software-as-a-service or cloud product with multi-tenancy, identity and access controls, entitlements, and cloud operations.
Produced a decision brief of one page or less that records options, a decision, an owner, and next steps for executive and engineering stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Shipped a product capability using artificial intelligence or machine learning, with knowledge of identity and tool-access needs for agentic workflows.
Worked on a platform consolidation or migration that moved products onto shared identity, navigation, or data services.
Worked in networking, security, or observability products, or shipped cloud products across regions with data-residency requirements.
Worked with engineers on micro-frontend architectures, API gateways, or shared user experience components.
Built or operated a partner or developer program with certification, integration tiers, or self-service onboarding.

Responsibilities

Own how Cisco products integrate with Cloud Control, setting portfolio plans, owners, dependencies, sequence, and launch dates.
Define integration tiers, their scope, and shared requirements for identity, entitlements, navigation, telemetry, AI context, and user experience, resolving inconsistencies.
Build a self-service path with contracts, APIs, sample integrations, sandboxes, validation tools, and a checklist to enable product teams to launch with minimal direct support.
Write requirements and acceptance criteria, prioritize work with engineering, design, and Cisco Unified Identity teams.
Represent product and platform teams in cross-business unit and cross-time zone planning.
Align with security, legal, privacy, support, and go-to-market partners.
Track integration time, self-service adoption, defects, and downstream use.
In the first year, assign owners, plans, and tiers to current integrations, standardize the checklist, achieve most new integrations to production without hands-on help, and reduce launch time.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
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)