Product Manager, Enterprise Switching: Management Platforms

Accepting applications until further notice. Meet the Team: Join Cisco’s Enterprise Switching team and play a vital role in shaping next-generation management platforms and user experiences for enterprise networks. Work alongside engineers, designers, sales, and marketing to solve real-world challenges for major brands, simplifying complex networking technology to make operations easier and more efficient. Your Impact: Drive innovation and deliver impactful solutions by: Ensuring our products enhance network operations by focusing on customer experience and usability. Acting critically, iterating quickly, and balancing data-driven decisions with practical action. Gathering technical requirements and gaining insights into user needs to improve tools for network administrators. Managing the product lifecycle for SaaS and hardware components within our network management platform. Collaborating across teams to take on technical challenges and achieve measurable results. Minimum Qualifications: 10 years of practical experience in network engineering. CCIE preferred, CCNP or related networking certifications required Experience launching SaaS platforms with user adoption and growth in enterprise networking. Experience in modern network management platform and/or connected-hardware technology; 5 years in product management or equivalent Understanding of networking and network management platform technologies in complex enterprise environments. Relevant practical experience in enterprise networking environments prioritized over formal education. Preferred Qualifications: Practical experience with campus networking solutions such as wireless, NAC, or routing Strong sense of user-centered design, with a passion for building effective user experiences for technical users. Experience working with backend and frontend teams to bring innovative products to market. Technical knowledge of software management platforms, including monitoring, configuration management, AI, and security. Demonstrated ability to overcome technical obstacles and deliver results. Practical experience configuring enterprise-grade switches and developing solutions to streamline such tasks. A proactive mindset with the ability to make decisions quickly and drive progress. Why Cisco? At 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. Fueled 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. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $191,400.00 to $281,400.00 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. 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 p ... (truncated, view full listing at source)