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Engineering Program Manager

Milpitas, California, USFull-time$172k–$245k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Leading high-stakes, large-scale engineering programs for Cisco's Enterprise Networking business, integrating security and AI to simplify network operations from embedded systems to cloud.

Role type

Senior Engineering Program Manager

Builds

High-impact technical initiatives across the full stack (embedded systems to cloud) for Cisco Enterprise Networking customers.

Domain

Networking (Network Devices, Network Controllers, Cloud) + AI-driven processes

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Engineering program management, cross-functional program leadership, Waterfall/Agile/Hybrid methodologies, Networking domain expertise (Catalyst 9k, Cisco 9k, Catalyst Center, Cisco Switching Cloud, Cisco Cloud Control), AI tools usage, Dashboard building, Automation development

Preferred skills

Mentoring and coaching, stakeholder relationship management, CI/CD strategy, quality assurance tools, executive presentation of technical roadmaps, systemic project roadblock resolution

Technologies

Jira, Confluence, OpenAI Codex

Responsibilities

Managing complex cross-functional interdependencies, implementing best practices to optimize workflows, leveraging data-driven metrics to track performance, maintaining control over budgets/resources/schedules, presenting program achievements to executive leadership

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC