Director of Product, AI Platform - Network Platform and Assurance

Cisco

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$233,900–$330,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 6, 2026

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Above market

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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $195,812–$269,287 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $282k versus about $233k for comparable roles.

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About Cisco

Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

Cisco currently has 309 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director of Product, AI Platform - Network Platform and Assurance

JOB TITLE: Director of Product, AI Platform - Network Platform and Assurance (Hybrid) The Director of Product, AI Platform - Network Platform and Assurance leads a team of seven product managers within the Networking Platform and Assurance group. This role involves owning the overall Cisco Networking AI/ML strategy and roadmap, building native AI/ML functionality into networking products, and shaping the data platform strategy. The position requires developing product experiences that help customers detect, understand, and resolve problems across complex digital environments. Key responsibilities include managing cross-functional teams and driving the integration of large language models, natural language processing, neural networks, and generative AI. The role addresses the technical challenge of leveraging comprehensive networking data to improve network assurance, specifically focusing on providing context to solve problems and reducing mean time to resolution across owned and unowned networks.

What you'll do

  • Take ownership of the overall Cisco Networking AI/ML strategy and roadmap.
  • Build native AI/ML functionality into the suite of Networking products.
  • Shape the company's data platform strategy to improve customer outcomes.
  • Manage a team of seven product managers to drive growth and execution.
  • Develop an AI/ML platform leveraging unique owned and unowned network data.
  • Interface with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges.
  • Define the future of AI-powered Network Assurance for the enterprise.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's plus 14 years of related experience, a Master's plus 11 years, or a PhD plus 7 years.
  • Must have 3+ years of direct people management experience leading product management teams.
  • Must have 1+ years of experience building AI/ML products incorporating technologies like LLMs, NLP, neural networks, or generative AI.
  • Must have experience managing enterprise SaaS/software products.
  • Must have experience with networking, cloud-based services, or application monitoring.
  • Preferred to have experience working with large, matrixed enterprise organizations with multiple stakeholder groups and shared decision structures.
  • Preferred to have experience owning product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and execution for an enterprise software product.
  • Preferred to have experience interfacing with Executive Level stakeholders.

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