Leader, Technical Program Manager – NPI, Technical Sales Enablement
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Technical program leader scaling NPI and technical sales enablement for Splunk and Cisco cybersecurity and cloud products. Managing program managers, launch governance, curriculum, and executive readiness dashboards.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and scale the New Product Introduction Enablement Program as a People Leader
- Manage a team of NPI Program Managers
- Operationalize the NPI program framework
- Govern the GFERS Launch Kit Tiering model aligned to the Cisco Product Development Methodology
- Drive the architecture of technical NPI curriculum from foundational to advanced levels
- Build executive telemetry using Power BI or Tableau to track release coverage
- Ensure the global sales force is equipped for every product launch
- Establish a scalable, high-velocity enablement engine across the Cisco and Splunk unified portfolio
- Collaborate across Product Management, Engineering, and GTM Leadership
- Align Splunk innovation with Cisco product development methodologies
Requirements:
- 8–12+ years of Technical Program Management, Field Enablement, Technical Marketing, or Product Operations experience in enterprise cloud, SaaS, or cybersecurity
- 3+ years of direct people leadership experience managing technical program managers or technical enablement specialists
- Deep expertise in New Product Introduction life cycles, stage-gate governance (CPDM / Agile / Stage-Gate), and roadmapping systems (Jira, Asana, Confluence)
- Strong understanding of technical sales personas (SE, SA, Specialist) and technical selling activities
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience
- PMP or PgMP certification preferred
- Exceptional stakeholder orchestration and executive presence with a proven ability to drive alignment without direct authority
- Experience building and maintaining executive dashboards using Power BI or Tableau
- Ability to structure complex technical curriculum requirements across multiple competency levels (101, 201, 301)
- Experience balancing program workloads across Security, Observability, and Platform product domains
Benefits:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, vesting following continued employment
- 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 per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
- Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees
- 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 annually
- Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles
- Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans
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