Senior Director - Product Management (Cisco Hyperfabric)

Meet the Team

We are a dynamic and driven team dedicated to delivering modern solutions that empower our customers to deploy massive networks. The Hyperfabric team at Cisco specializes in developing and delivering a cloud-managed network fabric solution that is easy to deploy and operate. Our mission is to simplify data center and AI infrastructure operations through automation, cloud-based fabric management, and providing a full-stack AI solution integrating advanced hardware, software, and services, which enables enterprises to efficiently deploy and manage infrastructure without requiring deep networking expertise. The team combines deep technical expertise in AI workloads, networking, and cloud management to drive innovation and accelerate AI adoption for customers.

Your Impact

Cisco Hyperfabric Group is seeking a Sr. Director, Product Management to lead the definition, strategy, and future direction of the portfolio. This data center network product is designed to capture the market transition as companies modernize their data centers and deploy AI. You will own the product strategy and P&L for a cloud-controlled network solution, and its associated full-stack dedicated AI infrastructure. You will drive the entire product lifecycle - from roadmap and engineering alignment to delivery, go-to-market, and customer adoption and success. Leading a highly skilled and diverse product team, you will mentor and coach to strengthen the technical expertise across product management, technical marketing, and engineering communities. You are also expected to influence industry standards and serve as a technical advisor to company leadership.

At Cisco, product and architecture leaders are empowered and trusted to be the voice of the customer. We seek candidates with:

• Experience working with or for web scale companies in product management, engineering, test, or validation roles.
• Strong background in network system design and understanding trade-offs in defining new products.
• Ability to collaborate closely with customers, sales, engineering, and marketing teams to develop modern products that enable business transformation.
• Consistent record of growing and influencing others, working with senior leadership.
• Ability to lead and perform under pressure in front of customers and internal R&D teams.
• Participation in industry events to drive product messaging and strategy.
• Partnership with marketing and sales teams to amplify product messaging and drive market success.
• Business leadership for an exciting emerging product.
• Ownership of P&L targeting $1B bookings in 5-6 years.
• Growth of early-stage products into dominant network-centric solutions for AI and modern data centers.
• Collaboration and motivation across all facets of go-to-market teams and partners.
• Establishment of a strong product brand anchored by evangelical customers and partners.
• Efficient and effective operations with engineering, support, field, adjacent products, and partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or equivalent industry experience, preferably in networking hardware.
• 10+ years of experience in product management, engineering, or solutions architecture, preferably in networking.
• Demonstrable experience in Enterprise and Data Center Networking, working in Service Provide and Hyperscalers is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of networking customer requirements and usage models.
• Prior leadership of multi-functional teams or projects in product management or engineering.
• Ability to collaborate and lead in a fast-paced matrix organization.
• Experience defining, launching, and growing innovative products.
• Proven product line growth from early stage to $100M+.
• Experience in both startup and large company environments, ideally as CPO/VP at startups and VP in large companies.
• Strong understanding of networking and data center technologies; CCNP/CCNA or equivalent is a plus.
• Proficiency in AI, workload orchestration, and network security.

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

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