Program Manager

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today, but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.What You'll DoAs a hardworking Senior Portfolio Program Manager, you will lead strategic initiatives and sophisticated, multi-product solutions through the entire program lifecycle as we execute against our portfolio strategy.As part of the PMO in Security Platform and Response (SP&R), you'll influence a diverse set of stakeholders with your excellent relationship skills and commitment to driving good decisions. You will work with cross-functional teams consisting of product management, engineering, support and operations staff in an agile environment to define, build and launch products and solutions into the marketplace. You will generate and assess performance metrics on business outcomes in order to advise strategic decision-making.Who You'll Work WithThe Cisco SP&R engineering team is a collaborative team that is a part of the world’s largest security organization. You will have the opportunity to work in a diverse and growing work culture that fosters team empowerment, self-organization, and decision-making. You will be part of an established but fast-growing organization that continues to be a leader in the security industry. Our teams work with other Program Managers to deliver enterprise software, virtual and physical platforms. We are working on next-generation security technology to make cyberspace more secure for those that are connected.Our PMO and Program Managers drive major programs that deliver innovative, best-in-class security products and solutions to our customers and executes strategic initiatives to propel the business forward. We are the glue that keeps our cross-functional program teams together. We make change reality. We mentor the broader organization on agile program management fundamentals and best practices.Who You Are

BS in Computer Science (or a related major) or business administration; MS Computer Science (or a related major) or an MBA preferred

10+ years of program management experience delivering enterprise software and hardware products, or SaaS-based products

Power to influence peers, managers and executives, driving towards a decision while managing ambiguity

Efficiently (concisely and with accuracy) communicate problems, issues, risks, solutions, etc. both via written and oral methods to appropriate partners and leadership

Excellent interpersonal and relationship leadership skills

Have practical work experience with agile-aligned development methodologies as a Senior/Principal Program Manager

You are flexible, adaptable. A self-starter who learns quickly with minimal direction

Ability to work well with many levels of management as well as technical contributors.

Organized and detail-oriented, with a high level of integrity and reliability

Proven success in change management

Process improvement experience preferred

Experience leading off-site/off-shore teams preferred

Specific experience in commercial/enterprise or SaaS-based software development preferred.

Why CiscoWe connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren’t afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.We Are Cisco.Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.