Senior Business- Data Program Lead

life insurance, vision insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, sick time, 401(k)

United States, Texas, Austin

Oct 30, 2026

this remote role is open to US based candidates, no relocation benefits are available.

The Business-Ready Data (BRD) team builds a trusted, governed, and repeatable Marketing data capability that supports operations, reporting, measurement, Adobe/Mar Tech, and AI. We partner across Marketing Operations, Data Engineering, Analytics, Technology, Governance, and business teams to turn strategy into coordinated delivery. This role leads execution across the BRD portfolio, improving delivery predictability, multi-functional accountability, and the availability of reliable, reusable data.

• Lead the integrated BRD program roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery cadence, ensuring alignment with Marketing, Adobe/Mar Tech, analytics, measurement, and AI priorities.
• Lead multiple concurrent projects from requirements through build, user acceptance testing, validation, certification, and operationalization.
• Drive cross-functional accountability for deliverables, decisions, timelines, and outcomes while resolving critical dependencies across business and technical teams.
• Establish consistent program management, governance, and change-control practices, partnering with Change Management to coordinate collaborator readiness and adoption.
• Handle risks and escalations, providing concise executive reporting on program health, progress, priorities, blockers, and decisions required, with clear impacts, options, and recommendations.

• 7 years of professional experience in project or program management.
• 4 years of proven ability leading medium to large-sized data, analytics, or technology programs with multiple cross-functional interdependencies.
• 4 years of experience defining and validating project scope, integrated plans, schedules, milestones, and success metrics for complex initiatives.
• 2 years of experience coordinating data program delivery across business, engineering, analytics, and governance teams, including requirements, user acceptance testing, and operational readiness.
• 2 years of experience managing program risks, dependencies, and change control, including developing mitigation plans and communicating escalations to leadership.

• Experience leading complex enterprise data, analytics, technology, or digital transformation programs in large, global, matrixed organizations.
• Demonstrable ability to translate business priorities into structured execution plans and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Solid understanding of enterprise data concepts, governance, data quality, and operational readiness.
• Experience supporting Marketing Operations/Mar Tech and working with Adobe Workfront, Snowflake, Adobe Experience Cloud, Salesforce, or similar enterprise technologies.

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.

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