Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a leading technology company focused on revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations. They are seeking a Product Manager to lead the Splunk Platform Incubation team, responsible for driving product vision, strategy, and roadmap for innovative B2B, cloud, and AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for one or more high-risk, high-reward incubation bets on the Splunk Platform
• Define customer problems, hypotheses, success criteria, and experiment plans to turn ambiguous opportunities into clear, evidence-backed product concepts
• Partner with a dedicated engineering team and cross-functional partners across Splunk and Cisco to prototype, validate, and iterate on new product experiences
• Drive discovery, design, customer validation, and business case development to determine whether concepts should move forward into productization
• Deliver validated concepts with evidence of customer value, early product-market fit signals, strategic impact, and a realistic path for transition to core product or platform teams

Skills

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
• 8+ years of product management experience in enterprise B2B software, cloud platforms, data platforms, security, observability, networking, or AI/ML products
• Experience leading 0-to-1 product development, incubation, innovation, or early-stage product discovery for technical software products
• Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, requirements, success metrics, and business cases for technical products or platforms
• Experience working directly with engineering teams on cloud-native software, distributed systems, platform capabilities, or AI/ML-enabled product experiences
• Experience conducting customer discovery, validating product hypotheses, and using qualitative or quantitative evidence to inform product decisions
• Experience with rapid development for forward looking demos and prototypes
• Familiarity with modern AI/LLM capabilities, agentic experiences, AI-assisted workflows, or AI-enabled product design
• Ability to create structure in ambiguous environments by defining clear problem statements, hypotheses, milestones, and decision points
• Strong technical depth with the ability to earn credibility with senior engineers and architects while translating complexity for executives, customers, and partners
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across product, engineering, design, go-to-market, senior leadership, and cross-business-unit partners

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
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies

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