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Senior Product Manager - AI Safety and Security (Hybrid)

San Jose, California, USFull-time2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Own a significant AI Security product domain within Cisco AI Defense, responsible for end-to-end accountability for customer outcomes, strategy, roadmap, execution, launch, adoption, and evolution.

Role type

Senior Product Manager (AI Security)

Builds

Enterprise AI Defense products and platform capabilities

Domain

Cybersecurity + Artificial Intelligence

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Product strategy, roadmap planning, customer discovery, cross-functional leadership, technical trade-off analysis, competitive analysis, stakeholder influence

Preferred skills

AI/ML and Generative AI product experience, AI Security domain expertise (governance, supply chain, runtime protection), cloud and distributed systems fluency, competitive landscape analysis

Technologies

Foundation models, open-weight models, agentic frameworks, RAG, MCP, AI gateways, SDKs, cloud AI platforms

Responsibilities

Shape 12–18 month product strategy and long-term vision, translate technical AI trends into product implications, lead customer discovery with enterprise security leaders, collaborate with Engineering and Security Research to prototype emerging approaches, define measurable product outcomes, create alignment across Engineering, Product, Design, and Sales

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence