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**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.

**Why Cisco?**

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.

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.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

**Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:**

The starting salary range posted for this position is $280,100.00 to $384,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

+ 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

+ Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

+ 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

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

+ .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

+ 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

+ 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

+ Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$280,100.00 - $442,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$267,600.00 - $390,300.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.