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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of project management experience supporting technical infrastructure, engineering lab environments, data centers, or similar operational environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders across engineering, facilities, IT, and/or external vendors.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint to manage project execution and reporting.
• Experience developing strategic plans, managing project timelines, and tracking project performance using key performance indicators (KPIs).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience managing capital (CapEx) and operational (OpEx) budgets for large-scale infrastructure or technical projects.
• Understanding of networking hardware, server architecture, and data center infrastructure requirements.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to improve project management, reporting, or operational efficiency.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across a global, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year strategies for global engineering lab infrastructure, including new lab construction, colocation facilities, and strategic planning initiatives.
• Lead complex lab infrastructure projects from planning through deployment, managing project schedules, risks, budgets, and stakeholder communication.
• Oversee lab capacity planning and resource allocation, including space, power, cooling, and compute resources, while implementing processes to optimize asset utilization.
• Partner with engineering leadership, facilities, IT, and external vendors to align lab infrastructure with business and engineering priorities while ensuring compliance with Cisco safety, security, and environmental standards.
• Drive process improvements through automation, standardization, and AI-powered tools to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and collaboration across global lab environments.

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
• 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 from one calendar year to the next
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
• performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)