Staff Engineering Product Manager

Cisco

Staff Product Manager leading AI-agent strategy for Splunk’s cloud observability platform. Defining roadmaps, safety metrics, and customer-driven capabilities for reliable incident detection and remediation.

Posted 8/12/2026full-timeRemote • California, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $171,600 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading AI product strategy and roadmaps, with a strong focus on customer needs and measurable success criteria. Proficient in managing complex products and collaborating with engineering and design teams throughout the product lifecycle.

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Product Strategy DevelopmentAI Product ManagementCustomer Research AnalysisCross-Functional Team CollaborationTechnical Trade-Off Evaluation

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Hard Skills

Product Roadmap DefinitionRequirements GatheringMeasurable Success CriteriaAI Development PlatformsGenerative AI ManagementObservability PracticesKubernetesMicroservicesDevOps PracticesRoot-Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaborationCustomer Engagement

Tools & Technologies

CodexClaudeData PlatformsCloud ComputingEnterprise Software

Industry Keywords

Artificial IntelligenceTechnical ComplexityProduct AdoptionIncident ResponseProduction Operations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the strategy and roadmap for AI agents spanning detection, troubleshooting, and remediation
Set 12–18-month goals, milestones, and success measures aligned with customer and business needs
Discover high-value problems through customer interviews, product data, field feedback, market research, and competitive analysis
Prototype concepts using Codex, Claude, and similar AI development platforms
Define requirements and evaluation methods for agent accuracy, reliability, explainability, safety, and user trust
Prioritize new capabilities, platform investments, customer requests, technical debt, and quality improvements
Partner with engineering and design from discovery through delivery
Measure product adoption and refine the product
Represent the product with customers, advisory councils, internal teams, and company leaders

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of related experience, master’s degree with 6 years of related experience, PhD with 3 years of related experience, or equivalent practical experience
Experience managing technically complex products in enterprise software, cloud computing, data platforms, infrastructure, observability, or artificial intelligence
Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, requirements, milestones, and measurable success criteria for software products
Experience conducting customer research and using qualitative and quantitative evidence to prioritize product opportunities
Experience partnering with engineering and design teams throughout product discovery, development, launch, adoption, and improvement
Preferred: experience building or managing AI-powered, generative AI, or agentic products
Preferred: working knowledge of observability, Kubernetes, microservices, distributed systems, and DevOps or site reliability engineering practices
Preferred: familiarity with metrics, logs, traces, alerts, incident response, root-cause analysis, and production operations
Preferred: experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Codex or Claude
Preferred: ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and align cross-functional teams around measurable outcomes

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, vesting following continued employment
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1 thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward between calendar years
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
Additional benefits and perks available through the Cisco careers site