Cisco

Senior Director, Product Strategy - Splunk Platform

Seattle, Washington, US · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$268k-$339kDetected 1 day ago

KubernetesMachine LearningLLMsProduct StrategyCiscoSD-WANResearchLeadership

About the role

The application window is expected to close on: 07/24/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

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 for revenue: Partner with GTM, finance, and product marketing on pricing, packaging, and adoption paths so the strategy translates into tangible revenue rather than roadmap slides.
Drive Cross-Portfolio Alignment: 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.
Ensure a seamless transition path that reduces churn and drives long-term platform stickiness for our most critical enterprise accounts.
Lead an Engineering-First Product Culture: Serve as the primary technical interface between product and engineering.

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.
3+ years working directly with AI/ML or data platform products, with deep technical fluency in how these systems are built and operated.

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
Demonstrated success in owning end-to-end pricing, packaging, and GTM strategy for a complex portfolio, redefining technical capabilities into measurable business outcomes.
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.
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.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $267,600.00 to $339,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benef

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.
Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.
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
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

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.
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.
Align leadership around a clear multi-year direction that engineering can implement and customers can actually adopt.

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