Director of Product, AI Platform - ThousandEyes; Hybrid

Director Of Product

Cisco Networking and Thousand Eyes is seeking a dynamic Director of Product to help us evolve our AI/ML strategy and vision for the future. As a leader in Cisco's biggest business unit ($34B+), you will work to build an AI/ML platform and feature set that leverages our unique and comprehensive data set in both the owned and unowned network. You'll lead a talented team of product managers while working closely with the rest of the Cisco Networking product team and the broader assurance, collaboration, and security teams to drive better customer outcomes.

As Director of Product, you'll take ownership of the overall Cisco Networking AI/ML strategy and roadmap, build native AI/ML functionality into the set of Networking products, shape our data platform strategy, and work to make our customers' lives easier. You will interface with cross-functional teams to solve existing challenges in new, innovative ways, and contribute to building the product teams responsible for driving our next phase of growth.

Responsibilities include:

• Define Product Vision & Strategy:
  Shape and communicate a clear product vision for our AI-drive intelligence that aligns with Cisco Networking's long-term goals.
• Own Product
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Create a compelling product roadmap that addresses customer needs, market trends, and emerging technologies.
• Team Leadership:
  Build, lead, and mentor a team of product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer-centricity.
• Cross-functional Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate with engineering, design, go-to-market teams, and Cisco business units to bring products from concept to market.
• Customer-Centric Product Development:
  Engage with customers to understand pain points and future needs, ensuring that products deliver exceptional business value.
• AI-Driven Development:
  Identify novel ways for our team to leverage and use AI/ML to help solve real customer problems and build these capabilities into the product.
• Data Platform Development:
  Help guide our platform first approach, ensuring we build a scalable, extensible, and robust data platform that empowers all teams at Cisco Networking to build native AI/ML capabilities into the product.
• Interface to Cisco's Central AI Team:
  Be the face of Cisco Networking as we collaborate and build with the Central AI team.

Minimum qualifications include:

• 15+ years of product management experience, with a proven track record of leading enterprise/SaaS software products.
• 3+ years of experience leading a high performing team in a fast-paced environment.
• 3+ years of experience building AI/ML products at scale that leverage cutting edge technologies (large language models, natural language processing, neural networks, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent technical experience, higher level degree (MBA, MS, etc.) a bonus but not required.
• Strong understanding of networking, cloud-based services, and/or application monitoring.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated success in partnering with large enterprise teams and navigating matrixed organizations.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability.

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 $ 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…