Engineering Product Manager

Application window is expected to close on 11/26/2024

We are seeking a Product Manager to join us in making new security innovations a reality in a fast-paced and dynamic start-up-like environment! You will work with Customers, UX, Engineering, Marketing, and other functions to build products and services that delight and engage our customers. Your responsibilities will be end to end, from problem discovery and user story refinement, all the way through to delivering delightful solutions that customers love.

We are looking for someone who can work with an excellent team to own customer problems and define customer outcomes, support their position with customer, competitor, and sales data, and work effectively in a highly distributed team environment. It's in our culture to learn, adapt, and improve, so you'll be someone who isn't afraid to try new things.

Work in a fast-paced start-up-like environment defining innovation in security. You'll distill a vision into a compelling roadmap that focuses on solving customers' complex security problems and delivering measurable customer outcomes.

• Identify customer problems, and work closely with UX and Engineering to develop customer solutions aligned with product roadmap goals.
• Analyze and break-down complex business problems into discrete user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Work with engineering and UX teams to deliver user stories, ensuring the product delivered meets the customer's needs.
• Prioritize the product backlog, with regular reviews.
• Validate requirements and resulting products with customers and design partners to ensure success.
• Develop product success metrics and structure an effective experimentation framework in partnership with our research team.

• Start-up mentality: You thrive in a start-up-like environment.
• Technical Acuity: You will work closely with engineering to understand technical trade-offs and their impact on the product. Being comfortable with networking and security technologies is an asset.
• Product Sense: Our favorite product managers bring together insights from every corner (customers, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams) to design and focus on excellent product experiences.
• Curiosity: Understand that creativity and growth start with a curious, humble attitude and asking thoughtful questions.
• Ownership: The best product managers take the responsibility of delivering a successful product to heart, and step in wherever needed, even if crossing typical role boundaries; they never shy away from the details nor lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Communication: Effective communication with any audience (company leadership, engineering, customers, and more) is key to success in this role.
• Attitude & Ambition: You are inquisitive, hard-working, competitive, and not afraid to fail. They are a team first but willing to take the lead with minimal guidance and supervision.
• You are a passionate and ambitious Product Manager, experienced in delivering customer value and working with distributed engineering teams.

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management experience with networking and security products in the datacenter space
• 5+ years experience with full stack datacenter offerings, including software and hardware
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

• Passion for great products with phenomenal experiences, and you believe in product simplicity.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria and are comfortable letting your written words speak for you across teams and time zones.
• SaaS product knowledge
• You're a strong champion of lean startup principles, user experience, and design thinking.

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

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