Meet the Team
The Webex Client Engineering team is at the forefront of global collaboration, powering experiences for millions of users. As we scale our ambitions and technical velocity, we are seeking a visionary Program Leader to drive our operational evolution. We value a pragmatic, lightweight approach to management that empowers teams to deliver high-impact results without unnecessary overhead.
Your Impact
We are looking for a leader who is eager to redefine traditional program management in the era of AI. You will be instrumental in transforming how our engineering organization operates, ensuring we can move faster and tackle more ambitious initiatives. Your success will be defined by your ability to foster clarity, build scalable operating mechanisms, and enable our leadership to make data-informed decisions with confidence.
Key Responsibilities- Operational Architecture: Design and refine lightweight, scalable frameworks that support both small, autonomous squads and large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.
- Strategic Execution: Lead high-visibility, cross-departmental initiatives, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, design, and business stakeholders.
- Clarity & Governance: Simplify complex challenges by implementing structures that provide transparency, accountability, and clear progress tracking.
- Executive Enablement: Serve as a key partner to leadership by preparing business reviews, roadmap strategy, and quality assessments that drive executive-level decision-making.
- Organizational Growth: Develop tools and insights that accelerate decision-making processes and enhance overall engineering effectiveness.
- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Analysis, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Technical Background: 8+ years of experience working within software development environments.
- Communication: 2+ years of experience in executive-level reporting and stakeholder management.
- Proven track record of managing large-scale programs within organizations of 100+ engineers.
- Demonstrated ability to drive complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives across diverse teams.
- Deep expertise in optimising engineering operations, improving developer productivity, and scaling organizational processes.
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Why Cisco?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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Analysis, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 8+ years of experience working within software development environments.
- 2+ years of experience in executive-level reporting and stakeholder management.
- Proven track record of managing large-scale programs within organizations of 100+ engineers.
- Demonstrated ability to drive complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives across diverse teams.
- Expertise in optimizing engineering operations, improving developer productivity, and scaling organizational processes.
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 — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support via an EAP, and access to on-site or virtual health centers indicate robust healthcare offerings. Wellness programs, fitness resources, and specialized services further reinforce coverage depth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a global minimum for paid parental leave, and unique programs like company-wide recharge days and paid volunteer time expand time-away options. Additional offerings such as Critical Time Off and adoption assistance add flexibility for life events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and a discounted employee stock purchase plan are meaningful elements of total compensation. The prominence of equity can materially augment overall pay packages alongside salary and bonuses.
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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.
