[Remote] Director, Product Management - Threat AI Detections

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is seeking a Director of Product Management for their Threat AI Detections team, focusing on leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance threat detection capabilities. The role involves owning the product lifecycle, driving cross-functional collaboration, and leading product strategy from concept to market launch.

Responsibilities

• Own the Lifecycle: Lead product strategy from concept and planning through to production, release, and end-of-life management
• Drive Cross-Functional Excellence: Act as the central hub connecting design, development, and marketing teams to ensure cohesive, high-impact execution
• Lead with Impact: Direct our product management and technical marketing functions to deliver market-leading solutions that solve real-world challenges

Skills

• Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience, or Masters and 12+ years of experience, or PhD and 8+ years of experience to include 4+ years of people management
• Cybersecurity product management focused on leading complex, cross functional initiatives at an enterprise level
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing large-scale network detection services within a cloud or hybrid infrastructure environment
• Experience building, scaling, or maintaining advanced threat detection platforms, including the integration of AI/ML-driven analytics to identify sophisticated adversarial activity
• Experience in networking protocols, traffic analysis and application-level security architectures
• Strong understanding of the modern threat landscape, including tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by advanced persistent threats
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex security requirements into actionable product roadmaps and strategic technical initiatives
• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders, drive consensus across engineering and security teams, and mentor high-performing product managers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical security concepts to both executive leadership and technical engineering teams

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
• Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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