Engineering Product Manager

This is a Hybrid role (2 days per week) out of Milpitas, CA

The Cisco AI Software & Platform Group incubates and delivers Generative AI based solutions to improve Cisco's existing Products. Our Group is also introducing new offerings that help customers roll out Generative AI at scale while doing so responsibly.

As an Engineering Product Manager for AI Canvas Growth, you will be instrumental in improving AI Canvas quality and customer outcomes. Operating with startup energy and ownership, you will define product strategy, roadmap, and execution by grounding decisions in data from usage telemetry, product analytics platforms such as Amplitude, and evaluation frameworks. You will bring the rigor of management consulting and the velocity of a high-growth startup to drive measurable improvements in quality and adoption (not hands-on model training).

• Define and implement the strategy and roadmap adoption, using usage data, evaluation signals, and telemetry to drive priorities for the entire team.

• Collaborate deeply with research, data science, and engineering teams to translate technical capabilities into product improvements that drive growth and adoption, leading the product lifecycle from concept to launch based on measured quality and user impact.

• Identify and validate high-impact opportunities through data-driven analysis of user behavior, product analytics, evaluation results, and customer feedback, translating quantitative insights into prioritized product requirements and roadmap decisions.

• Partner with cross-functional teams including engineering, user experience, sales, and marketing to ensure successful delivery, market adoption, and continuous iteration of AI Canvas, employing modern development tools (Cursor, Vercel) to accelerate execution velocity and shorten feedback loops.

• Define, track, and report on key product metrics including growth, adoption, retention, engagement, and quality. Use product analytics platforms such as Amplitude, evaluation frameworks, and telemetry pipelines to inform data-driven decisions, run thorough experiments, and optimize performance while encouraging responsible AI practices, ethical considerations, and data privacy.

• 8+ years of experience in product management, with at least 5 years in AI-driven or data-intensive software products. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

• Experience with Generative Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Model-enabled products, ideally within a networking or enterprise technology context.

• Previous experience in Structured Query Language and Python for data analysis and product analytics tools such as Amplitude (or similar) and evaluation frameworks for quality measurement.

• Experience at a premier management consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain)   defining, launching, and scaling successful software products by using data to improve quality and drive adoption at scale, demonstrating significant business impact in an enterprise environment.

• Experience using modern development and AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Vercel) to accelerate product velocity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, Doctor of Philosophy or equivalent experience, or Master of Business Administration in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related business or quantitative field.

• Deep understanding of data pipelines and analytics infrastructure, and how to use them to drive product decisions.  Startup energy and attitude, including high ownership, comfort with ambiguity, bias to action, and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

• Strategic understanding of Artificial Intelligence platform architectures and machine learning operations principles, with experience integrating sophisticated Artificial Intelligence capabilities into existing enterprise software, especially within the networking domain.

• Proven ability to articulate technical and product strategies to diverse audiences, including executive leadership, technical teams, and external customers, driving alignment and execution.

• Proven experience using data, evaluation signals, and customer feedback to improve product quality and drive product-led growth and adoption in business-to-business or enterprise software-as-a-service contexts.

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 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.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.