Application deadline expected to be October 25th.

We are seeking a driven and knowledgeable Senior Product Manager to lead our Firewall Threat Prevention efforts.

As a Senior Product Manager at Cisco, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping product strategies and collaborating with senior leaders to strengthen our threat prevention capabilities. You will work closely with customers, User Experience, Engineering, Marketing, and other Product Managers to enhance our security offerings. Your responsibilities will span the entire product lifecycle, from problem discovery and user story refinement to delivering solutions that delight our customers.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about delivering innovative security solutions. You will take ownership of customer problems, define outcomes, and use data to support your decisions. Our culture values learning, adaptability, and continuous improvement, so we are looking for someone who embraces new challenges and approaches with enthusiasm.

Typical responsibilities for this role include:

• Translate the Firewall Threat vision into a compelling roadmap that delivers differentiated outcomes for Network Security customers.

• Strengthen our partnership with Talos, Cisco’s world-class threat research team, to ensure proven security efficacy for our Firewall customers.

• Manage and prioritize the Firewall Threat roadmap based on customer feedback and business justification.

• Create Product Requirements Documents, prioritize features and trade-offs, and develop a feature roadmap that maximizes customer value while balancing business investment. Collaborate closely with engineering to deliver on the roadmap.

• Work with design, engineering, support, and field teams to refine workflows and processes, ensuring successful product delivery.

• Stay current with the latest cybersecurity topics and trends to guide the strategic direction of our Firewall Threat offerings.

Minimum Requirements for This Role:

• 6+ years as a Product Manager for a hardware or software product line

• 3+ years of end-to-end ownership for multiple products within a security, networking, or SaaS portfolio

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Shaping 12-18-month portfolio strategies with clear milestones and outcomes.

• Prioritizing activities across products to achieve business goals.

• Developing multi-quarter product roadmaps aligned with market needs and strategy.

• Managing trade-offs between feature velocity, tech debt, and business priorities.

• Acting as a product/domain expert with strong technical and product knowledge.

• Gathering customer insights across channels to drive innovation and improvement.

• Aligning teams and stakeholders to strengthen product lines and platforms.

Why Cisco Secure

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

There are so many amazing reasons to join Cisco. Learn more [1] here!

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