Strategy & Planning Manager; Hybrid

Apply for the Strategy & Planning Manager (Hybrid) role at Cisco
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This position is hybrid with a balance between onsite and remote work.

As a member of the Strategy and Operations team you will help develop a global business operational rhythm and drive accountability on product delivery. Working alongside leaders and teammates, you will drive sophisticated, multi‑functional efforts that position the company for continued high growth. You will help frame the long‑term product vision and translate it into actionable plans, collaborating with product and engineering leaders through market research and strategic decision‑making.

• Collaborate with product leaders to develop and maintain the long‑term product vision and strategy, including defining the product roadmap and translating objectives into actionable plans.
• Understand the company’s operating model and commercial objectives and create a bottom‑up SAM/SOM analysis based on customer and market intelligence.
• Leverage industry best practices, policies, procedures, and methodologies to establish excellence and ensure objectives are met.
• Familiarity with product development processes, with the ability to understand product capabilities and trade‑offs required.
• Act as a central point of contact, working closely with Product Management, Engineering, Product Marketing, COP development, and other teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of the strategy.
• Analyze data from various sources (e.g., user surveys, analytics, focus groups) to identify patterns, draw conclusions, and support strategic recommendations.
• Analyze existing data sources.
• Compose a formal set of KPIs to enable business stakeholders’ decision‑making.
• Work with Product Marketing to help define and shape how the product is positioned in the market, including pricing and distribution strategies, and help articulate the core product story to internal and external audiences.
• Build and optimize product‑focused processes to streamline workflows and enhance the overall efficiency of the product organization.

• Bachelor’s + 12 years of related experience, or Master’s + 8 years of related experience, or Ph.D. + 5 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
• Demonstrated experience in product strategy, frameworks and operations.
• Proficiency in data analysis for extracting actionable insights from complex datasets.
• Familiarity with product development processes, including understanding product capabilities and trade‑offs.
• Experience working on platform strategy, including price packaging and pricing of platform‑type technologies, and a deep understanding of how platforms function.

• Master of Business Administration (MBA).
• Prior experience in management consulting.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking with a broad, long‑term view of the market and product lifecycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for articulating complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Experience with bottom‑up SAM/SOM analysis.
• Proven ability to influence and guide cross‑functional teams toward shared business outcomes.
• Prior experience in product strategy within platform companies.
• Experience with change management and transformation.

We look forward to your application.