Meet the Team
The Cisco Transceiver Module Group builds the future of connectivity for switches, routers and servers. The Product Management Team is responsible for the entire product lifecycle of the Cisco’s broad pluggable optics' portfolio – including portfolio/roadmap definition, pricing strategy, engagement with sales/ partners/ customers.
Product Managers are empowered, trusted and influential leaders at Cisco.
Your Impact
As a Product Manager in our group, you will have the responsibilities for optical transceivers, owning every product aspect throughout the product lifecycle.
- Exploration near term and long term Market opportunities
- Define product requirements and forecast
- Technical engagement, and provide guidance on priorities to the JDM partner
- Successful cross-functional engagement with TMGBU and platform HW and SW engineering teams, Host Platform PLMs
- Lead Go-to-market activities including marketing collaterals, webinars, blogs, whitepapers and trade shows
- Drive pricing, product adoption, product transition and end-of-sale phases.
- Track optics opportunities and develop join initiatives with host-platforms (Cisco Switches/Routers/Servers) to position Cisco high-speed optics with customers.
- Advanced technical degree or MBA, 10+ years of experience in Product Management and Technical Marketing roles.
- Business oriented and highly organized leader
- Exceptional communication skills
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams' both internally and externally within Cisco and Customers.
- Ability to work independently and make data-driven decisions.
- Ability to use AI effectively
- Strong analytical abilities to break a problem into smaller solvable pieces.
- Problem solver who embraces opportunities to step outside your comfort zone
- Experience handling multiple issues and initiatives simultaneously.
- Knowledge of customer optical infrastructure requirements in AI datacenter networks
- Strong Technical Knowledge in high speed pluggable optics and its key components
- Experience engaging with Webscale and Necloud companies is desirable
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.
Skills Required
- Advanced technical degree or MBA
- 10+ years of experience in Product Management and Technical Marketing roles
- Business-oriented and highly organized leadership
- Exceptional communication skills
- Ability to influence cross-functional internal and external teams
- Ability to work independently and make data-driven decisions
- Ability to use AI effectively
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to handle multiple issues and initiatives simultaneously
- Knowledge of customer optical infrastructure requirements in AI data center networks
- Strong technical knowledge of high-speed pluggable optics and key components
- Experience engaging with Webscale and Neocloud companies
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
