Senior Product Manager

Cisco Systems

  • North Carolina
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Who We AreWithin Cisco's Security & Trust Organization (S&TO), our security engineering team develops and delivers industry-leading foundational security technologies, which are broadly deployed across Cisco's offer portfolio & infrastructure. These Trustworthy Technologies enable customer differentiating, pervasive security with a “secure by default” posture.Our portfolio of Trustworthy Technologies & services spans cryptography, image signing, hardware & software attestation, anti-counterfeit, and cloud security technologies. Our Cryptographic Services (CS) team delivers centralized, high-availability, cryptographically focused services for Cisco offers and infrastructure, including software signing, TLS certificates, device certificates and secrets & key management.What You'll DoEngaging in a highly cross-functional manner across Cisco's security engineering and business unit (BU) development teams, the Product Manager will help define, guide and evangelize adoption of these differentiating security technologies & services. As a thought leader, a particular focus will be the delivery and deployment of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) technologies, supporting Cisco's industry leading transition.Working in an Agile/lean development environment, with your security and market insights, as a Product Owner you will own responsibility for a security technology roadmap, prioritizing engineering activities and investments, aligned to business value.A portfolio owner, with technical vision and business insights, you will help establish and drive security technology strategy, roadmaps, gap analysis and PoCs, while championing broad, systematic adoption of our security technologies & services.This critical, high visibility role blends security domain technical expertise, an eye for business, and people influencing soft skills.Who You'll Work WithThe role of the Product Manager is to define, deliver & evangelize our security technologies and services, ultimately enabling broad adoption of these differentiating security technologies & services across Cisco's offer portfolio & infrastructure.With keen interpersonal skills, the Product Manager will earn the trust and respect of collaborators and influence via demonstrated expertise in security and applied cryptography & secrets management. Using a co-development model, approachable style, and a client-centric perspective, you will enable common cryptographic security solutions, benefiting both Cisco offer teams and our end-customers.Additionally, with your security and industry insights, you will help define, shape, and drive the future direction of our security portfolio. You will partner closely with our development engineering team, and broadly across Cisco's security community and offer BU teams, as well as with a range of Cisco's security-sensitive customers. To accomplish your objectives, you will engage from the individual contributor through senior executive levels, establishing trusted advisor relationships with key security stakeholders.Who You Are
  • With a broad technical background in networking & IT, and depth in cybersecurity, you possess strong applied experience and understanding of security-related practices & technologies including, applied cryptography, secrets & key management, and associated services & infrastructure.
  • Baseline areas of technical experience include applied cryptography, including post-quantum (PQC), cryptographic keys, secrets management & services, TLS/SSH, IPsec, MACsec, digital signatures & certificates, OpenSSL or CiscoSSL, FIPS 140, and hardware & software attestation technologies.
  • You possess a working knowledge of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and the relevant NIST and CNSA standards.
  • Applied experience in SW & HW development processes, including Agile Methodologies, DevOps, and CI/CD with proven experience in all phases of the Product Life Cycle, from concept and execution through EoL. Leadership experience as a Product Owner is preferred.
  • Familiarity with a Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) methodology & tools, preferably CSDL, including product security requirements & policies, and the application of complementary technologies and services to address these requirements.
  • Strong cross-functional collaborator with excellent visual and verbal communication skills. Proven ability in creating and delivering technical product & service-related presentations, collateral, technical deployment guides and white papers
  • You are tenacious and highly motivated with proven leadership and influencing skills. With a zeal for learning you are comfortable diving into business & technical subjects outside of your comfort zone. A consummate team-player, with outstanding listening, collaboration & communication skills.
Basic Qualifications
  • College degree with a BS in engineering or computer science, graduate/master's degree preferred.
  • In a SW and/or HW development environment, 12+ years of related experience in a highly technical role, leading the development and launch of new security services, infrastructure, products or technologies, with ownership for features & roadmap. Prior security-related Product Management, Product Owner, Solutions, Architect, or TME experience is required.
  • Any additional technical training or certifications, including CISSP, CCIE or other cybersecurity related certifications are a plus.
#WeAreCisco (This is the Standard and cannot be changed)#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!Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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