Sr. Director - Product

Cisco•San Jose, CA

2d•$284,700 - $390,900

About The Position

Cisco’s Security Business Group (SBG) delivers security solutions to address evolving security challenges and is leading Cisco’s shift toward software and recurring revenue. The Senior Director, Product Management will lead multi-product portfolio strategies, product management and technical marketing organizations, and efforts to grow recurring software revenue. The role connects product strategy, technical architecture, and go-to-market execution, guiding security solutions from definition and design through global scale, customer adoption, and sustained market prominence. The position leads product activities from definition and planning through production, release, and end of life, serving as a central resource across design, development, and marketing. It provides direction to product and technical marketing teams across multiple product families, defines multi-product and multi-technology roadmaps, and leads multi-year strategy development across business units and product families. The role also leads stakeholder alignment on longer-term vision, portfolio roadmap processes and decisions, and the cascade of objectives across business units and functions. It ensures portfolio decisions address business, market, and product needs; partners across the business on organizational transformation and maturity; negotiates and collaborates with senior leaders and external parties; and advances Cisco’s and the portfolio’s prominence and public perception.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical industry experience.
15 or more years of professional industry experience, preferably in product management or marketing and product growth leadership in a SaaS environment or cybersecurity.
Experience guiding, mentoring, and scaling high-performing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced technology environment.
Proven track record driving end-to-end product strategy, technical positioning, roadmap prioritization, and go-to-market execution from concept through launch and market scale.
Direct experience driving product adoption, pipeline growth, or software recurring revenue (ARR) expansion within cybersecurity, cloud security, or B2B SaaS platforms.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) with a background in product or marketing.
Deep domain expertise across enterprise cybersecurity, cloud security, SaaS platforms, Zero Trust architectures, identity, or regulated/federal markets.
Proven track record leading business model transitions, such as perpetual licensing to subscription/SaaS, and driving substantial software recurring revenue (ARR) growth.
Experience leveraging AI-enabled workflows, advanced analytics, and data-driven forecasting to optimize product performance and customer acquisition cost (CAC), align sales and engineering leaders, and negotiate with external partner ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Lead product activities for a product or group of products or services from definition and planning through production, release, and end of life.
Serve as the central resource for design, development, and marketing as products move to production and distribution.
Direct product management and technical marketing functions and teams across multiple product families, typically through directors or senior leaders.
Define product and technology roadmaps across multiple product lines and technologies.
Develop multi-product strategies across multiple business units and product families over a multi-year time horizon.
Lead executive sponsors and stakeholders through collaborative development of, and alignment to, longer-term vision and strategy.
Lead portfolio roadmap development processes, infrastructure, and decision-making, and ensure objectives are appropriately cascaded across business units or functions.
Ensure portfolio roadmap decisions address business-unit needs, critical business issues, market needs, and core product strategies.
Partner across the business to enable organizational transformation and maturity, incorporating emerging trends and appropriate technologies.
Shape opinions and negotiate with senior leaders, and establish collaborative relationships across Cisco and with external parties as required.
Proactively extend Cisco’s and the portfolio’s prominence and public perception.
Drive product strategy, technical positioning, roadmap prioritization, and go-to-market execution from concept through launch and market scale.
Drive product adoption, pipeline growth, or software recurring revenue expansion.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance (U.S. employees, subject to plan eligibility rules).
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution (U.S. employees, subject to plan eligibility rules).
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Basic life insurance.
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to eligibility and continued employment requirements.
10 paid holidays per full calendar year and one floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
Paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and four paid personal wellness days.
Vacation time: 16 days per full calendar year for non-exempt employees; exempt employees participate in a flexible vacation program with no defined usage limit, subject to availability and business limitations.
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1, with up to 80 unused hours carried forward.
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
Sales incentive compensation for employees on sales plans, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.