Engineering Project Specialist

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Job description goes here. Manage small to moderate complexity projects by developing comprehensive plans, schedules, and budgets to ensure timely product delivery. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define project roles and identify the resources necessary for successful execution. Track project progress against established plans and facilitate critical trade-off discussions regarding scope and resources to keep initiatives on track. Conduct detailed risk analyses and monitor financial spending to align project quality with our strategic priorities.

Apply your understanding of the product development lifecycle to review requirements and support the creation of essential project deliverables like dashboards.

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of related experience, or a Master's degree.
• 2+ years of experience managing project plans, schedules, and budgets within a technical or engineering domain.
• Proficiency in conducting risk analysis and identifying project dependencies.
• Experience with the product development lifecycle, including requirements analysis and design.
• Knowledge of program management principles and process improvement metrics.

• Exposure to current technologies through relevant coursework or internships.
• Experience researching and building relationships with diverse sets of stakeholders.
• Technical background or degree in an engineering discipline.
• Experience managing dashboards and reporting progress to management.
• Strong ability to collaborate effectively within a team to solve operational problems.

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.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $95,700.00 to $ 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…