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INTRODUCTION

This is a hybrid role with the expectation of 3x/week onsite in Milpitas/San Jose.

Meet the Team

The Campus Switching team serves as the technical engine behind our Catalyst 9000 portfolio, Campus Fabrics, and security solutions. We operate at the intersection of product engineering and market strategy, bridging the gap between complex innovation and real-world customer deployment. Our global team is highly collaborative, working closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Sales to shape the future of enterprise networking. We are a group of passionate experts who thrive on solving complex challenges and enabling our field teams to drive successful customer outcomes.

Your Impact

As a Product Manager you will serve as the primary subject matter expert, translating advanced technologies like AI, security, and fabric networking into compelling business solutions. You will own the creation of high-impact technical content, including deployment guides and demos, to empower sales teams and influence key customer decisions. By partnering with Engineering to shape product roadmaps and validating features in lab environments, you ensure our offerings meet evolving market demands. You will act as the technical voice of the customer, driving product adoption and providing critical feedback that influences our long-term strategic direction.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years, or master’s degree with 4+ years, of relevant experience in Product Management, Technical Marketing.
• Experience with enterprise networking technologies, including campus switching, routing, and network security.
• Experience defining product requirements and partnering with Engineering to deliver networking products or features.
• Experience engaging directly with customers and field teams to identify needs and guide product priorities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience owning product roadmaps and driving adoption of enterprise networking solutions.
• Background in network fabric technologies, VXLAN/network virtualization knowledge such as Cisco SD-Access with LISP/VXLAN or BGP EVPN/VXLAN.
• Experience with campus network deployments, segmentation, identity-based access and network management or automation.
• Familiarity with campus deployments, Artificial Intelligence use cases in networking, network security technologies.
• Ability to independently drive cross-functional decisions, explain technical and business tradeoffs, and build support for product priorities.

Why Cisco?

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $154,900.00 to $225,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

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:

$154,900.00 - $259,100.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$136,500.00 - $228,300.00

• 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.