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We move with precision and vitality, relying on strong cross-functional partnerships across product, engineering, sales, customer experience, legal, finance, and operations to achieve business outcomes.\nWe operate with a strong ownership attitude - “you build it, you run it” - where product leaders are empowered to actively participate in crafting strategy, supporting sophisticated RFP processes, and driving continuous improvement across the product lifecycle.\nYour Impact\nServe as a lead Engineering Product Manager for our Provider mobility business portfolio, you will be driving the strategic roadmap through 5G-to-6G transitions. You will oversee product lifecycles, scale IoT and Edge AI initiatives, and engage executive collaborators to align Cisco’s cross-functional capabilities with the customer’s long-term business goals\nStrategic Product Leadership\nLead end-to-end product lifecycle for packet core, IoT, and emerging technology architectures, including new product creation, roadmap, capacity, and software release planning.\nDrive technology evolution from current 5G deployments toward future 5G-Advanced and 6G-ready architectures.\nIdentify and synthesize customer requirements, market opportunities, competitive landscape analysis and set priorities with outstanding transparency, to ensure efficient roadmap execution.\nBusiness Growth and Portfolio Integration\nIdentify and assemble growth opportunities beyond the core contract by developing value propositions in Edge AI, AI inferencing, and mobility infrastructure.\nAlign cross-functional service provider business teams, and broader Cisco product organizations to deliver a unified service provider value proposition.\nBuild data-backed business cases that connect Cisco technology to measurable customer outcomes.\nExecutive Communication and Stakeholder Management\nEngage with senior customer executives and internal leadership to build strategic positioning and communicate roadmap release plans.\nNavigate large, matrixed organizations to influence cross-functional teams and align collaborators toward shared achievements.\nOperate with high autonomy to handle risks and navigate ambiguous, fast-paced environments.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n12+ years of experience in product management, solution architecture, pre-sales, or engineering within the Service Provider Mobile core networks, IOT, or telecommunications domain.\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline.\nExperience with mobility technologies, network functions and standards, such as; 3GPP, LTE/4G, 5G, 5G-Advanced, and evolving 6G concepts.\nProven track record in managing product lifecycle, including new product creation, commercial licensing, and feature roadmap execution.\nExperience supporting strategic customers and translating customer needs into product requirements and business outcomes.\nStrong experience navigating complex, matrixed organizations to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.\nDemonstrated ability to support strategic RFPs and present complex technical roadmaps to senior internal and external stakeholders.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nKnowledge of Cisco Packet Core network functions, IOT, SaaS offers and larg-scale service provider software.\nExperience working with Tier-1Service Providers and Enterprises.\nUnderstanding of emerging technology areas such as AIOps, AI RAN, Edge AI, AI infrastructure\nWhy Cisco?\nAt 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.\nFueled 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.\nWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you.\nDisclaimer\nTo ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will:\nbe in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site\nbegin with screening or an interview\noriginate from a Cisco email address, and\nbe conducted across email, phone, or WebEx\nCisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than https://careers.cisco.com or cisco.wd5.myworkday.com, do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport.\nIf you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. 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