Senior Product Manager - AI Intelligence Video/Camera
About Cisco Meraki
As the leader in cloud-managed IT, Cisco Meraki connects passionate people to their mission by simplifying the digital workplace. Our impact is driven by the innovative, purposeful, and vibrant people who make up our inclusive community. When technology is intuitive, our customers can focus on what matters.
Our employees fuel the magic of the Meraki community. They have fostered an environment that empowers Merakians to challenge limits, embrace risks, and assist our customers in pursuing their missions.
Our guiding principles are rooted in our four core values: 'care deeply,' 'everybody in,' 'simplify everything,' and 'be brave.' These pillars have propelled us to the forefront of cloud-managed IT leadership and have played a pivotal role in shaping a more inclusive future for all.
*** This position requires that you commute to the San Francisco, CA office at least 2 days per week. ***
The Opportunity
We are looking for a curious, creative, dynamic, and inspirational product manager to lead and grow the Meraki Smart Camera AI Intelligence business. This is an outstanding opportunity to develop a strategically important new solution category for Cisco and drive innovation. You will be working with groundbreaking technology and incredible people globally, all in an endeavor to create a product-led category and the next wave of growth.
Experience the best of both worlds at Meraki – the agility of a startup culture merged seamlessly with the resources of a global giant like Cisco. Our Meraki MV cameras, now in their 3rd generation, epitomize the future: cloud-managed yet intelligence-embedded, setting the industry standard.
In a landscape where imitation is rife, how do we chart a unique course to billion-dollar success? That's where you come in. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with Cisco's top brass globally, influencing every department – from developers to marketers, sales to operations.
Join us in shaping the future, where your leadership and drive for innovation can transform today's innovations into tomorrow's billion-dollar enterprise.
What You Will Do
Get ready to dive into everything! Your mission? To pinpoint what truly matters when time is tight and choices abound.
- Transform product concepts from mere ideas into reality.
- Embracing the ethos of lean product development from discovery to execution.
- Tackling challenges with the fervor of a startup hungry for its next breakthrough.
- You are crafting, owning, and steering the roadmap for your product family.
- Partnering closely with every corner of the company.
- You are mastering your domain to become an industry luminary.
- Spending up to 20% traveling, embarking on journeys to industry events and customer visits, and soaking in insights and forging connections.
With each task, you're not just doing, but shaping. Every decision and every effort to propel us forward, driving growth and innovation. Together, we're not just following the path; we're carving it, one milestone at a time.
Who You Are
- 10+ years of experience in a Product Management role.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of industry experience in AI and ML, developing and launching products, demonstrating a depth of understanding and insight.
- An entrepreneur, a risk-taker, someone who looks beyond tomorrow.
- A leader with exceptional interpersonal skills capable of motivating a diverse and virtual team.
- Experience with building a partner ecosystem.
- Someone with a curious nature and a love for new and emerging technologies.
- Customer empathy, coupled with the critical thinking needed to ask ambitious questions.
- An abstract problem solver who can identify patterns in high-value customer problems.
- Able to distill complicated ideas into the right number of words.
- A natural passion for the product, adept at selling through compelling narratives.
- MVP execution is key; it doesn’t matter how good a product is if it can not be shipped on time.
- Experience in customer-centric, multi-functional roles such as product management, consulting systems engineering, technical marketing engineering, or founder positions.
Bonus Points
- Experience in a technical field e.g. Machine learning, Deep Learning, Data Science, Computer Vision, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Technologies
- Experience working with external tech partners and familiar with working in an enterprise technology company
As a Cisco Meraki Employee, you can expect
- A supportive and lively environment and a team that values your contributions.
- There are a lot of opportunities for professional and personal growth via employee-led groups. Check out one of our groups — Women of Meraki on Twitter and Instagram.
- Actionable and candid feedback regularly following Progressive Candor.
- Delicious catered meals every day fully-stocked kitchens and all-you-can-eat snacks.
- Paid time off to volunteer, and much more.
Life at Cisco Meraki
We are passionate about building real products that our customers love. We are confident you will love it here!
Meraki is based in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco, with beautiful views of the Oracle Ballpark and the Bay beyond where you will have access to an onsite gym, multiple kitchens stocked with high-quality snacks, a coffee bar, and catered lunches every day, and we offer a generous benefits package to all of our Merakians.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
#LI-Hybrid
Compensation Range:
$139,000—$266,000 USD
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 access 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, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
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 pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate 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.
