Cisco · 3 weeks ago
Senior Director, Product Strategy (Technical and Solution Interface) - Splunk Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$268K/yr - $339K/yr
10+ years expCisco is revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era. The Senior Director, Product Strategy for the Splunk Platform will build foundational data platforms and AI services, guiding product vision and strategy to enhance security and observability across cloud and enterprise.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Telecom & CommunicationsEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologyInternet of ThingsHardwareCyber SecuritySoftwareAI InfrastructureCommunications InfrastructureInfrastructureNetwork HardwareNetwork SecurityOptical Communication
Responsibilities
Set the three-to-five-year product vision and strategy for the platform and its AI capabilities, starting from customer outcomes and working backward to build a substrate that powers Splunk and Cisco into the future
Make hard trade-offs across contending investments to ensure the organization funds what matters most and retires what no longer moves the business
Develop a sharp, defensible point of view on the AI market, including agentic and LLM trends, to guide where the platform should lead, fast-follow, or partner
Partner with GTM, finance, and product marketing on pricing, packaging, and adoption paths so the strategy translates into tangible revenue rather than roadmap slides
Align leadership around a clear multi-year direction that engineering can implement and customers can actually adopt
Accelerate the transition of the Splunk platform from a data-storage substrate to an intelligent, agentic engine
Define the roadmap for how we integrate LLMs and autonomous workflows to enable customers to solve complex security and observability incidents with unprecedented speed and precision
Lead the strategic integration of the Splunk platform into Cisco’s core networking and cloud control infrastructure (e.g., Nexus, SD-WAN, Meraki)
Create a unified data fabric that allows Cisco’s massive customer base to ingest and act on telemetry across the entire network, creating a competitive moat that pure-play competitors cannot match
Navigate the business complexities of a hybrid-cloud world by building a strategy that brings modern, cloud-native parity to our substantial on-premises customer base
Ensure a seamless transition path that reduces churn and drives long-term platform stickiness for our most critical enterprise accounts
Serve as the primary technical interface between product and engineering
Leverage your deep technical fluency in Kubernetes, data architecture, and modern AI development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to ensure that the platform strategy is grounded in architectural feasibility, operational excellence, and high-velocity code delivery
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent industry experience
10+ years of engineering management, product management or product strategy experience for software or platform products
Proven experience in defining multi-year product vision and roadmaps for cloud and enterprise software preferably in a platform environment
3+ years working directly with AI/ML or data platform products, with deep technical fluency in how these systems are built and operated
Preferred
Master's degree or MBA or equivalent industry experience
Consistent track record of managing high-revenue, multibillion dollar ARR product lines, with a demonstrated ability to scale platforms across diverse customer segments
Deep understanding of the architectural challenges associated with bridging on-premises legacy data estates with modern cloud-native, SaaS-based architectures
Experience navigating complex organizational integrations; specifically, experience aligning product roadmaps between two large-scale technology entities to create 'better together' value propositions
Demonstrated success in owning end-to-end pricing, packaging, and GTM strategy for a complex portfolio, redefining technical capabilities into measurable business outcomes
Exceptional ability to influence C-suite partners and lead multi-functional engineering and product organizations within a highly matrixed, global enterprise environment
A track record of driving AI innovation, evidenced by contributions to industry standards, patents, or public thought leadership regarding agentic workflows and LLM-based data systems
Benefits
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance
A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Company
Cisco
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