What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Director - Product Management (Silicon and Optics - AI) position at Cisco Systems, Inc.?
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Meet the Team
We are a dynamic and driven team dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions that empower hyperscalers to deploy massive networks fueling AI clusters, general-purpose computing, Data Center Interconnect, and Edge. Our mission is to provide seamless integration of silicon, hardware, and software, ensuring hyperscalers are successful and deliver outstanding business outcomes for Cisco.
Every day, we collaborate with customers to define impactful requirements, drive engineering efforts from concept to execution, and handle escalations. Join us in shaping the future of networking at a scale that transforms industries!
Your Impact
You will collaborate closely with customers, sales, engineering, and marketing teams to help design and develop cutting-edge products that enable business transformation and technological advancement.
Cisco Networking Group is seeking a Sr. Director, Product Management to lead the definition, strategy, and shaping the future of the portfolio and solutions tailored for large-scale web customers. In this role, you will be responsible for helping to establish strategic roadmaps and driving priorities to meet objectives as well as driving innovation and exploring new horizons in technology. You will mentor and coach in ways that will strengthen the technical expertise of the product management, technical marketing and engineering community. You are also expected to influence industry standards and serve as technical advisor to the company's leadership.
At Cisco, product and architecture folks are seen as leaders, empowered and trusted to be the voice of the customer. We are looking for a candidate with the following qualities:
- Previous experience working with or for Webscale companies in roles or functions related to product management, engineering, test or validation.
- Deep and broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies that are the key building blocks to define the desired portfolio, to name a few: high-speed optics, coherent pluggables, silicon-design principles, liquid cooling, high-speed SerDes, system design, amongst others.
- A solid background and understanding in network system design and the trade-offs involved in defining new products.
- Strong track record of growing and influencing others, working with all levels of senior leadership.
- Ability to collaborate, lead, and perform under pressure both in front of the customer and internal R&D teams.
- Participate in the industry events to drive the product messaging and strategy.
- Partner with the broader marketing and sales team to amplify product messaging and drive market success.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer science or equivalent work experience in the industry, preferably in networking hardware.
- 10 years of experience in engineering - solutions architecture or product management or in an equivalent role in preferrably networking silicon.
- Demonstrable experience in one or more of the following areas: Service Provider Networking, Data Center Networking or directly with Hyperscalers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD is preferred
- Deep understanding of networking customer requirements and usage models.
- Demonstrable experience with a combination ASIC, Hardware (Systems and Optics) and software stack.
- Prior experience leading cross functional team and/or projects as a product management or an engineering leader.
- Ability to collaborate, lead, and perform under pressure in a fast-paced matrix organization.
