- Company Name
- Cisco
- Job Title
- Principal Product Manager (AI Productivity)
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Principal Product Manager (AI Productivity)
**Role Summary:**
Leads the vision, strategy, and execution of an AI‑driven sales enablement platform that unifies Cisco products and third‑party tools. Owns the end‑to‑end product lifecycle, from API and data contract design to AI‑native experiences, ensuring real‑time, contextual intelligence for global sales teams.
**Expactations:**
- Define and communicate a compelling platform roadmap aligned with revenue goals.
- Deliver measurable adoption, time‑to‑value, and usage metrics.
- Partner with engineering, design, finance, legal, GTM, and partner ecosystems to launch and scale the solution.
- Champion responsible AI practices and enterprise security standards.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Set platform vision and strategy for a unified management pane across Cisco’s portfolio.
- Design APIs, data contracts, and security models for real‑time information flow.
- Create AI‑native features (recommendations, autonomous remediation, natural‑language interfaces, agentic workflows).
- Tailor experiences to enterprise, mid‑market, and channel sales motions at global scale.
- Validate concepts with stakeholders, define adoption and TTV targets, and instrument product metrics.
- Develop pricing, packaging, and business cases with Finance and Legal.
- Lead alpha/beta/GA programs, manage multi‑team backlogs, and ensure continuous delivery of value.
**Required Skills:**
- Proven delivery of multi‑product or ecosystem platforms (APIs, data models, identity/policy, extensibility).
- 3+ years building AI‑powered product experiences (retrieval‑augmented assistants, recommendations, automation).
- Strong expertise in cloud architectures (multi‑tenant SaaS, microservices, data pipelines, eventing) and basic observability/security.
- Excellent cross‑functional leadership and stakeholder management.
- Ability to define critical metrics and run evidence‑based roadmaps.
- Experience with sales technology (CRM, sales enablement, marketing automation) and large, distributed sales organizations.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree + 15 years experience, or Master’s + 12 years, or PhD + 8 years in product management or equivalent.
- No specific certifications mandated; expertise in AI, cloud, and enterprise security is essential.