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Our team drives Cloud Control-Cisco's top-priority enterprise platform integrating our networking, security, and observability portfolio with modern AI. We operate with startup agility, high autonomy, and dedicated senior mentorship, building an AI-native engineering culture that scales globally. In this role, you will partner directly with engineering leaders, product managers, and applied AI researchers to turn ambitious roadmaps into reliable production systems.\nYour Impact\nOwn the day-to-day delivery of defined cloud-native SaaS and generative AI workstreams from initial technical planning through production launch.\nTranslate product requirements and architectural plans into clear work breakdown structures, milestones, dependencies, and delivery commitments.\nCoordinate cross-functional contributors across Product Management, Core Software Engineering, Applied AI/ML, Data Platforms, Infrastructure, and Security.\nProactively track critical paths, surface delivery risks early, resolve routine operational blockers, and escalate architectural or resourcing trade-offs with clear context.\nSupport release readiness, testing, deployment validation, and operational handoffs, tracking reliability and monitoring requirements alongside engineering teams.\nFoster strong execution hygiene by applying fit-for-purpose Agile practices, facilitating sprint rituals, and contributing to shared delivery templates.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field, plus 2+ years of experience in technical program management, software delivery, or software engineering (or Master's degree with 1+ years).\nApplied experience coordinating cross-functional software, cloud SaaS, data, or AI projects through a production release or major milestone.\nDemonstrated ability to build project schedules, track dependencies, manage critical paths, and resolve operational blockers using Jira or equivalent tooling.\nFoundational understanding of modern software development lifecycles, Agile practices, cloud services, and APIs to collaborate effectively with technical teams.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting enterprise SaaS platforms or cloud-native microservices environments.\nFamiliarity with Generative AI concepts, LLM integration, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, or AI evaluation harnesses.\nEducational background from a top-tier engineering institution or demonstrated AI internship / capstone project experience.\nExperience supporting API integrations, data platform pipelines, security compliance, or operational readiness reviews.\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.\nMessage to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:\nThe starting salary range posted for this position is $138,100.00 to $196,500.00 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.\nU.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.\nU.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:\n10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees\n\n1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco\n\nNon-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\n\nExempt 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)\n\n80 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\n\nAdditional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members\n\nOptional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer\n\nFor non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.\nEmployees 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:\n.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;\n\n1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;\n\n1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and\n\nOnce performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.\n\nFor non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. 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