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Director, Product Management

Cisco Systems, Inc.
$280,100.00 to $384,800.00
life insurance, vision insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, sick time, 401(k)
United States, California, San Jose
170 W Tasman Dr (Show on map)
Jan 31, 2026
The application window is expected to close on: 02/05/2026

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Join the pioneering team behind Isovalent - the creators of eBPF, Cilium, and Tetragon - driving innovation in cloud-native networking and security. Now part of Cisco's Security Business Group (SBG), the Isovalent team continues to lead in building cutting-edge solutions for Kubernetes and modern cloud workloads. As part of the Isovalent executive leadership team, you'll work with passionate engineers and product minds shaping the future of secure, observable, and scalable infrastructure.

Your Impact

As the Senior Director of Product Management, you will lead the strategy and execution for the full Isovalent platform, including networking, network security, load-balancing, runtime security, and observability. This role reports into a VP within SBG. It offers significant visibility at the SVP and CPO level. You'll manage and grow a world-class PM team, partner cross-functionally, and drive innovation across one of Cisco's most exciting open source-based platforms

  • Define and lead product strategy across the Isovalent platform

  • Drive execution in partnership with engineering, sales, and customer success

  • Engage directly with strategic customers to deeply understand challenges and drive adoption

  • Represent the product in internal leadership forums and at industry events

  • Build and scale the product management function and processes

Minimum Qualifications
  • 8+ years in product management or related roles in enterprise infrastructure software

  • 10+ years in customer-facing roles in cloud/data center networking or security

  • 3+ years leading a product management team or similar function

  • 3+ years as a Director or above at a large enterprise infrastructure company

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with open source-based commercial products

  • Experience working with Kubernetes and the surrounding ecosystem

  • Expertise in networking, network security, load-balancing, and runtime security

  • Strong communication skills (written, visual, and presentation)

  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and build consensus on product strategy

  • Proven ability to navigate complex orgs and drive alignment on strategy

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 $280,100.00 to $384,800.00 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 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.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

  • 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

  • Non-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

  • Exempt 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)

  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

  • Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees 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:

  • .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

  • 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

  • 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

  • Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$280,100.00 - $442,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$267,600.00 - $390,300.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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