Product Manager – Secure AI Factory / AI Defense Apply (https://jobs.cisco.com/jobs/Login?projectId=1446494) + Location:San Jose, California, US + Alternate LocationSan Francisco, CA + Area of InterestEngineer - Pre Sales and Product Management + Compensation Range191400 USD - 281400 USD + Job TypeProfessional + Technology InterestSecurity, Services & Software + Job Id1446494 The application window is expected to close on August 14, 2025. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. **Meet the Team** The Cisco AI Software & Platform Group incubates and delivers Generative AI based solutions to reinvent Cisco's existing Products and how customers interact with them. Our Group is also introducing new offerings that help customers roll out Generative AI at scale while doing so responsibly.Ultimately, weare doing so through internal platforms that unlock the benefits of this technology for Cisco teams and partners across our Security, Enterprise Networking, Collaboration and Splunk portfolios. **Your Impact** As a Product Leader for AI Defense - Secure AI Factory within our AI Software & Platform team, you will lead efforts related to the following: + Identifymarket opportunities and drive the strategy for securing AI applications acrosshybrid cloud environments. + Collaborate with engineering and product teams from Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure to deliver features and improvements to Cisco’s Secure AI Factory solution. + Define new product capabilities for monitoring, and deploying software across distributed and hybrid environments, including on-premises and containerized platforms. + Drive prioritization of hardware, networking, and software requirements to ensure the delivery and operation of AI Defense software across hybrid (on-premiseand cloud) environments. + Lead cross-functional efforts across sales, marketing, partners, and business development teams, ensuring comprehensive enablement to drive successful adoption. **Minimum Qualifications** + 10+ years of relevant engineering and/or product management experience, including 5 years of recent experience. + Background in cybersecurity or AI/ML platforms, or networking, or data center infrastructure, with an interestinaddressing challenges and delivering customer-centric solutions. + Familiarity with AI infrastructure solutions and architectures, encompassing high-performance compute. + Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent degree, with a focus on applying technicalexpertiseto drive innovation and security in AI. **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience with AIOps practices or AI Observability including model deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure automation. Understanding of distributed systems and cloud architectures relevant to AI/ML workloads + Excellent communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills, enabling effective partner engagement and decision-making in high-stakes environments. + Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar platforms **Why Cisco?** At Cisco,we’rerevolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond.We’vebeen 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. Simply put – we power the future. 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, andyou’llsee 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. \#CiscoAIJobs **Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:** When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. 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