Engineering Product Manager, AI Canvas

AI-Native Agent Platform Product Manager

Cisco is building a unified, AI-native management platform that brings together Networking, Security, Observability, Collaboration and more into a single, coherent platform experience. You'll join a small, highly motivated platform team that is partnering across Cisco. We ship iteratively, measure outcomes, and obsess over customer and partner time-to-value. You'll collaborate daily with Engineering, Design, Data/AI, Customer Experience, Sales, and Strategy, plus external tech partners. You'll also coordinate with exec sponsors across business units to land cross-portfolio initiatives at scale.

Your Impact

• Lead the product vision and strategy for an AI-native agent platform purpose-built for network operations
• Define platform capabilities: agent creation workflows, knowledge management, tool integrations, orchestration, evaluation frameworks, and extensibility
• Lead AI-powered experiences: natural language interfaces, intelligent recommendations, autonomous workflows, and agent reasoning capabilities
• Drive network domain differentiation: Leverage Cisco's network intelligence, integrations across Cisco portfolio, and enterprise-grade AI capabilities
• Partner with Design to deliver intuitive experiences that scale from simple tasks to complex automation scenarios
• Validate with lighthouse customers and partners: Set adoption and TTV targets; instrument the platform for actionable metrics
• Build business cases: Partner with Finance, Legal, and GTM on pricing/packaging proposals; enable field teams and partners for launch
• Run alpha/beta/GA programs: Lead backlog and phased delivery across multiple teams; ship value continuously
• Enable partner ecosystem: Define marketplace models, multi-tenancy requirements, and partner integration strategies

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management (or equivalent), including platform or automation products
• Experience delivering AI-powered product experiences (e.g., intelligent assistants, recommendations, or automation)
• Background in network operations, IT operations, or enterprise automation at scale
• Experience working cross-functionally across engineering, design, CX, sales, partners, and executive forums

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with agent platforms, orchestration systems, or workflow automation tools
• Understanding of partner ecosystems, multi-tenancy, and marketplace models
• Comfortable defining critical metrics and running evidence-based roadmaps
• Excellent narrative and storytelling skills; ability to simplify complexity for executive and customer audiences