Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a technology company focused on connecting and protecting organizations across digital infrastructure. The Senior Engineering Program Manager will lead large-scale, multi-year software security programs, owning outcomes, strategic roadmaps, delivery, and executive communication. The role also involves coordinating cross-functional teams, optimizing security services for developers, managing competing program priorities, and improving program management practices.
Responsibilities
- Turn service vision into strategy and execution in partnership with Security Engineering Service Owners and Engineering Managers:
- Set the roadmap and objectives and key results, then drive delivery, holding teams accountable for KPIs to prove it's working
- Clear the path as you go. Spot issues early, untangle dependencies, and unblock teams before they stall
- Think like a product leader. Treat every service as a product and its developers as customers you must win:
- Optimize the security value each service delivers and make it the best it can be
- Win hearts and minds by hunting down developer friction and redesigning in partnership with key stakeholders, so the secure path is the one they would choose anyway
- Be the signal in the noise for leadership. Turn progress, risk, and tradeoffs into the clear picture leaders need to make the right decisions
- Steer a portfolio of concurrent service programs. Make the tough prioritization calls when programs compete for the same people, time, and attention
- Raise the bar for the whole team. Sharpen the program management practices, standards, and tooling everyone relies on
Skills
- Bachelor's + 9 years of related experience; or Master's + 7 years; or PhD + 4 years — or equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, complex, high-visibility programs to measurable outcomes
- Exceptional learning agility: a track record of ramping quickly in unfamiliar, technical domains, digging beneath the surface to find the real problem, and driving resolution
- Skilled at influencing without direct authority: a trusted team player who builds alignment across teams and partners and rallies others toward a shared goal
- Highly self-directed: operates autonomously under ambiguity and broad scope, delivering with minimal direction
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with substantial experience at the executive level, to turn complexity into clear, decision-ready narratives
- Fluency in how modern software is built and secured across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) — enough to partner credibly with engineers. A background in software engineering or DevOps is ideal, and hands-on security experience is a strong plus
- An understanding of how AI is reshaping software development and security
- Product management experience, or program management working hand in hand with product teams, with a track record of turning customer needs into shipped outcomes
- A program management certification (e.g., PMP, PGMP) is a plus
Benefits
- Remote work everywhere within USA.
- Medical, dental and vision insurance for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules.
- 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 the employee’s birthday.
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown.
- 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 a 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 the hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with 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.
- For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
- Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.
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