Product Manager, AI Defense Platform

Meet the Team

The AI Software & Platform Team delivers AI products, so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most important aspects of business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplifying security with zero compromise.

Your Impact

As a Product Manager for AI Defense:

within our AI Software & Platform team, you will lead initiatives that shape the future of AI security and platform innovation. You will: -Identify market opportunities and drive strategic product decisions that position Cisco AI Defense as an industry leader.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, design, and product marketing to define, prioritize, and launch cutting-edge AI Defense and platform features.
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle to deliver capabilities that protect customers’ AI models, applications, and data from attacks, data leakage, and compliance risks.
• Build and scale core platform that power Cisco’s AI Defense platform and ecosystems including Enterprise readiness capabilities like Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Dashboards, Reporting, Onboarding, and Ecosystem Integrations.
• Drive platform integration across Cisco’s broader AI, security and partner portfolio, enabling seamless interoperability and unified customer experiences.
• Stay ahead of the evolving AI threat landscape by evaluating emerging security risks and defining proactive mitigation strategies.
• Engage with customers and partners to gather insights, validate solutions, and continuously improve product offerings.
• GTM Activity support regional GTM activity in close partnership with field teams and coordinate outcomes with broader teams

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management experience, including 3+ years of recent experience in SaaS, Application Security, and AI products
• Consistent track record of productizing enterprise technologies at scale, delivering impactful and scalable solutions
• Background in security, AI, or related fields, with a passion for addressing challenges and delivering customer-centric solutions
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent, with a focus on applying technical expertise to drive innovation and security in AI Defense

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong background in SaaS cybersecurity or AI Security, with experience in protecting AI models and applications
• Excellent written, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills, enabling effective partner engagement and decision-making in high-stakes environments
• Demonstrated experience in solving security challenges, including data leakage prevention, compliance risks, and adversarial AI threats

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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.

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