Product Management Leader – UCS Hyperconverged & AI Infrastructure Full-time

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UCS Hyperconverged & AI Infrastructure Platforms

We are looking for a top-tier Product Manager to drive Cisco’s Compute Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) product line forward. This role involves growing Cisco’s revenue within existing products as well as bringing new products and solutions to market. In this exciting role, you will be responsible for the conceptualization, strategy and end-to-end execution of industry leading HCI partnerships with Cisco Compute. The role will focus on core HCI as well as Cloud Native & AI-ready architectures.
Your Impact

You will be responsible for growing revenue, market-share and attention while attracting new customers to Cisco’s compute & AI infrastructure portfolio. You will be working closely with and influencing Product Management, Sales, Operations, Partners, Product Marketing, Customer support, and Engineering teams. In addition, you’re encouraged to be a spokesperson/visionary to lead strategy, offer and technology conversations at the highest levels with customers (C-Suite), our strategic partners as well as with the Cisco Compute Senior Leadership Team.
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years of related experience in the IT industry setting and delivering against technical and business strategy at a sophisticated/strategist level
• 5+ years hands-on product management or leadership experience in building, releasing and leading product offerings for on-prem and/or cloud hosted enterprise data centers
• 5+ years crafting offers working with finance & product operations
• 5+ years collaborate with engineering, sales, marketing, channel, and support teams to ensure successful product launches and market adoption.
• 5+ years building and delivering compelling product presentations, demonstrations, and training sessions for sales teams, channel partners, and for industry events.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI software stacks including Red Hat OpenShift AI and Nutanix Enterprise AI
• Deep knowledge of the Hyperconverged Infrastructure market, technology architecture, customer pain points & benefits
• Technical understanding of hybrid cloud solutions with an emphasis on Microsoft Azure, Azure Local, Azure Stack Hub and Nutanix Cloud Platform
• Draft product requirements and work closely with engineering to deliver on our roadmap
• Sound understanding of enterprise data center infrastructure technologies
• Proven understanding of Public Cloud (IaaS) offerings, services and technologies
• In-depth knowledge of OS, Hypervisor, containerization, virtualization, data center automation and orchestration, computing, server management, networking and storage
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate sophisticated technical concepts to a variety of audiences both internal and external.
• Effective leadership skills to influence diverse groups to move toward a common goal/strategy
• Flexible to handle a diverse set of activities daily and adaptable to ever-changing priorities
• Consulting skills to facilitate workshops, manage messages and motivate change
• Willingness to travel to support product launches, sales engagements, and industry events
• Ability to articulate AI market, use cases, and software & hardware technical foundations to craft AI ready datacenters
• Broadcom VMware and/or Microsoft Azure technical certifications is a strong plus
• Familiarity with Cisco’s compute products and solutions is a plus

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Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

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