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Product Growth Strategist, Network Security

Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/13/2025

The application window is expected to close on : 1 / 24 / 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Cisco Security is seeking an expert cybersecurity product manager with phenomenal storytelling skills and deep market insights to join as product growth strategist. We're global, adaptable, diverse and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and impact.

Your Impact

As a Product Growth Strategist, you are primarily responsible for external-facing activities ensuring your product's market success and understanding key industry trends and your customers' struggles. You will work closely with sales, campaigns, and customer success teams to ensure your product positioning resonates with target customers, driving product visibility, adoption, and overall success.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Develop Go-to-Market Strategy for new and existing products : Develop and execute the GTM strategy including identifying target markets, messaging, and positioning.
  • Develop Core Product Positioning, Messaging, and Differentiators : Craft compelling and consistent positioning and messaging around the differentiators that align with the overall product strategy and resonate with customers and partners. Work with inbound product management, engineering, and the field to identify and articulate the outstanding value propositions of Cisco Security products, ensuring they are communicated and understood by the target audiences. Passionately represent the voice of our customers to internal teams.
  • Enable Sales and Partners : Develop content for collateral, product training, and other resources for direct sales teams and partner organizations. Engage directly with sales and customers to understand changing needs. Attend industry events. Serve as subject matter expert.
  • Conduct Market Research : Continuously analyze the market and customer feedback to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and threats. Conduct meticulous competitive analysis to ensure the product is positioned successfully.
  • Influence Partners, including Executives : Use excellent communication skills for effective engagement. Demonstrate your strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mentality to make product and marketing recommendations. Define and monitor metrics to assess GTM success.

Minimum Qualifications :

  • 10 years in enterprise / b2b tech with at least 5 years of product management experience, including at least 3 in cybersecurity
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or related fields
  • Expertise in cybersecurity, focusing on network security (firewalls, cloud, or Kubernetes security) or workload vulnerability management
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • Product marketing experience
  • Security product knowledge including segmentation, L3 / L4 / L7 security, API security, DevSecOps, policy lifecycle management, or vulnerability management
  • Experience speaking publicly to an executive-level audience
  • Strong project execution skills, attention to detail, and a risk-mitigation mentality
  • Self-motivation and partnership a strive to find new and innovative solutions
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills in customer-facing roles
  • Ability to lead and influence via persuasion, perseverance, and energy to drive consensus across functions and teams
  • Collaboration with internal and external partners
  • WeAreCisco

    WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

    Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

    We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

    Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!

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