Principal Product Management Engineer
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Principal Product Management Engineer managing engineering platforms and AI-driven productivity tools at Cisco. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize product lifecycle and drive innovation.
Responsibilities:
- Define and drive the strategy for internal engineering platforms and AI-driven productivity tools
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for developer productivity (CI/CD, build tooling, test infrastructure) and AI integrations (agentic assistants, model context protocols)
- Partner with engineering leads and platform teams to align priorities, unblock delivery, and translate user feedback into actionable, measurable requirements
- Lead the strategic direction for AI tooling, including build-vs-buy analysis, migration planning, and the creation of a skills/prompts marketplace to enable repeatable workflows
- Monitor engineering productivity and sentiment using DORA metrics and surveys to identify gaps and drive continuous improvement
- Represent Cisco in high-value forums and evangelize product vision across business units, sales teams, and the broader industry
- Foster an innovation culture through hackathons, conduct user research to improve UX, and manage clear communication regarding product roadmaps, feature releases, and deprecations
- Serve as a leader within the Product Management community, providing deep technical insight and shaping organizational strategy across portfolios
Requirements:
- Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience
- Consistent track record delivering technical products within cloud platforms, SaaS, or infrastructure domains.
- Demonstrated success in managing the full product lifecycle (definition, build, release, and iteration) for complex, distributed systems.
- Consistent track record of driving delivery across engineering, operations, and business partners for large-scale platforms.
- Proficiency in defining and tracking product metrics to advise prioritization and demonstrate business impact.
- Familiarity with tools like GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and modern AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, OpenAI Codex)
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 determined by Cisco
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
- flexible vacation time off program
- 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
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