The application window is expected to close on September 2, 2024.
Who We Are
The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. Our products account for approximately ¾ of Cisco’s product revenue. With ~2,100 employees across 16 countries, we design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world.
What You'll Do
The Technical Product Manager- Optics implements the product line strategy for the company, including product requirements, marketing strategy & focus and near-term planning. This position manages the product through its lifecycle, from development to launch, sampling, volume production and end-of-life. The PLM works closely with R&D on the product definition, with Sales on strategy and customer engagement, and with Operations on short and long-term forecasting.
Responsibilities Include:
- Manage products through entire product lifecycle from kick-off through to end of life
- Drives cross functional core product team.
- Provides insight to management on major customer changes, business outlook, potential risks and resource constraints.
- Develops product price strategy and supports quoting process.
- Proposes and initiates cost reduction programs to improve profitability of the product line.
- Provides product requirements and priorities to R&D for new product development
- Develops and maintains key customer contacts.
- Supports sales team on customer engagements, including technical and business support on new product qualifications.
Who You'll Work With
You will be working with a world-class team of highly skilled product managers and applications engineers. All have a strong educational background ranging from a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering to a PhD Electrical Engineering as well as industry experience working with Optics and Electronics. You will also collaborate with cross functional teams within Cisco and external companies and customers.
Who You Are
You possess strong communication skills, both written and spoken. You’re a self-starter capable of taking initiative and seeing tasks through with the ability to work in a fast paced, project oriented, team environment. Additionally, you have outstanding external and internal customer-facing skills, which are crucial for building and maintaining excellent relationships with clients and team members.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics or related degree and 8+ years of experience.
- Electronics development experience.
- Product Marketing experience.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Applications: Power Point, Excel, Word.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics or related degree and 6+ years of experience.
- Optical experience.
- Experience with the webscale market.
Why Cisco
#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!
Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).
We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.
So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco