Sr Product Manager - Solutions
About The Position
Manage activities for a specific product or group of services from product definition and planning through production, release, and end of life. Serve as the central resource collaborating with design, process, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing teams as products move to production and distribution. Oversee all stages of a product’s lifecycle, including modifications, upgrades, and maintenance of the product line. Coordinate departmental and cross-functional teams focused on delivering new solutions or upgrading existing products. Own end-to-end portfolios and platform strategies spanning 18 to 24 months to drive long-term business growth. Shape platform trajectories, develop prioritization frameworks, and build multi-quarter roadmaps aligned with overall business strategies. Guide engineering teams and leadership through complex technical trade-offs as a trusted advisor. Conduct comprehensive competitive analyses and market validation to identify impactful new market opportunities and adjacencies. Evangelize products externally as the primary spokesperson while aligning multiple engineering and product teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 12 years of related background, or a Master's degree with 8 years of related experience.
- Expertise coordinating cross-functional teams across product, solutions, and engineering.
- Experience conducting competitive analysis and market validation across multiple product lines.
- Experience developing validated designs, reference architectures, or technical solution documentation.
- Prior experience in Technical Marketing, Solution Architecture, Systems Engineering, Customer Experience, or Product Management.
Nice To Haves
- Experience driving platform strategy and initiatives for large-scale product portfolios.
- History of acting as a technical advisor for engineering and product management and guiding critical trade-off decisions.
- Experience creating technical demonstrations, solution guides, and customer-facing content that showcase Cisco architectures and design best practices.
- Extensive experience designing and deploying complex enterprise campus network architectures.
- Experience working directly with enterprise customers as a Solution Architect, Systems Engineer, Customer Experience Engineer, Technical Marketing Engineer, or similar technical leadership role.
Responsibilities
- Manage products or groups of services from definition and planning through production, release, and end of life.
- Collaborate with design, process, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing teams as products move to production and distribution.
- Oversee product lifecycle activities, including modifications, upgrades, and product-line maintenance.
- Coordinate departmental and cross-functional teams delivering new solutions or upgrading existing products.
- Own end-to-end portfolios and platform strategies spanning 18 to 24 months.
- Shape platform trajectories, develop prioritization frameworks, and build multi-quarter roadmaps aligned with business strategies.
- Advise engineering teams and leadership on complex technical trade-offs.
- Conduct competitive analyses and market validation to identify market opportunities and adjacencies.
- Represent and evangelize products externally as the primary spokesperson.
- Align engineering and product teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Paid holidays
- Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid birthday day off
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- Paid personal wellness days
- Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
- Paid sick time
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional paid volunteer days
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
- Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
