Sr. Engineering Product Manager - Cisco Secure Client (Endpoint Security) REMOTE

Cisco•San Jose, CA

3d•$194,600 - $285,700•Remote

About The Position

Cisco is hiring a Senior Engineering Product Manager to lead strategy, roadmap definition, and execution for the Cisco Secure Client, Cisco's unified endpoint security platform. This role involves turning customer needs and market insights into product decisions, evaluating complex choices, aligning teams, and delivering trusted experiences at scale. The position offers the opportunity to shape a widely-used platform and influence the evolution of Cisco's endpoint presence. The Senior Engineering Product Manager will set direction across several product areas, connecting decisions across the broader portfolio and shaping investment priorities in areas like AI, connectivity, security, identity, manageability, user experience, and zero trust capabilities. This role requires collaboration with engineering, sales, support, experience, and other product managers, advising on business plans, product marketing strategy, and success measures. The individual will define how owned capabilities fit into the broader solution through packaging, bundling, and positioning, and guide teams in navigating trade-offs involving architecture, customer impact, and market realities. Customer learning is central, involving validation across segments, building partners, and strategic accounts to strengthen product-market fit and identify adjacent opportunities. The role also includes representing the product with customers, partners, and internal collaborators as a trusted guide and advocate. The ideal candidate brings focus to ambiguity and momentum to execution, listens carefully, tests assumptions, and turns insight into clear decisions to help teams move faster and customers work more securely.

Requirements

At least 5 years’ industry experience in a software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, IT, or a product management environment
Experience with desktop and mobile software
Customer engagement experience, including translating enterprise customer needs into product strategy and roadmap decisions
Product management experience
Bachelors + 8 years' of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience.

Nice To Haves

Solid understanding of AI, security, networking, identity, endpoint management, and zero trust technologies
Strong preference for candidates knowledgeable with endpoint security
Preference for experience leading product strategy for desktop and mobile software at platform scale
Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior partners
Experience acting as a trusted technical advisor for engineering teams and engineering leadership
Experience developing comprehensive product strategy for competitive analyses and market validation across multiple customers/products
Deep understanding of endpoint security customers and markets

Responsibilities

Lead strategy, roadmap definition, and execution across several key product areas.
Shape 18-24 month investment priorities spanning AI, connectivity, security, identity, manageability, user experience, and zero trust capabilities.
Ensure roadmap choices remain practical and durable by bringing together customer value, technical direction, and company priorities.
Work closely with engineering, sales, support, experience, and other product managers.
Advise on business plans, product marketing strategy, and success measures.
Define how owned capabilities fit into the broader solution through packaging, bundling, and positioning.
Guide teams to navigate trade-offs involving architecture, customer impact, and market realities in partnership with engineering and leadership.
Lead customer validation across segments, build partners, and strategic accounts, then use those insights to strengthen product-market fit and identify adjacent opportunities.
Represent the product with customers, partners, and internal collaborators as a trusted guide and advocate.

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
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 determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
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
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)