Director of Product, AI Platform

Cisco

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Location
San Francisco, CA
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Full-time
Posted
26 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 13, 2026 (soon)
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99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

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The Director of Product, AI Platform - ThousandEyes joins the Cisco Networking team to lead the overall AI/ML strategy and roadmap. This role involves building native AI/ML functionality into the suite of Networking products and shaping the data platform strategy. The successful candidate will manage a team of product managers, interfacing with cross-functional teams to solve technical challenges and drive better customer outcomes. Key responsibilities include leveraging comprehensive data sets from owned and unowned networks to build an AI/ML platform and feature set. Required expertise includes experience with large language models, natural language processing, neural networks, and generative AI. The role specifically addresses the business problem of providing customers with appropriate context to solve networking issues and reducing their mean time to resolution.

Skills

AI ML Large Language Models Natural Language Processing Neural Networks Generative AI Networking Application Monitoring SaaS data platform s Product Strategy

What you'll do

  • Own the overall Cisco Networking AI/ML strategy and product roadmap.
  • Build native AI/ML functionality into the suite of Networking products.
  • Shape the company's data platform strategy.
  • Lead a team of product managers to drive the next phase of growth.
  • Build an AI/ML platform leveraging unique owned and unowned network data.
  • Interface with cross-functional teams to solve technical challenges in innovative ways.
  • Drive better customer outcomes through assurance, collaboration, and security integrations.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of product management experience, including enterprise SaaS/software products.
  • 3+ years of direct people management experience leading product management teams.
  • 3+ years of experience building AI/ML products using technologies like LLMs, NLP, neural networks, or generative AI.
  • Experience with networking, cloud-based services, and/or application monitoring.
  • Experience working with large, matrixed enterprise organizations with multiple stakeholder groups (preferred).
  • Experience owning product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and execution for an enterprise software product (preferred).
  • Experience interfacing with Executive Level stakeholders (preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree.

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