Milpitas, California, United States
Remote only
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role will be remote to the San Jose, CA or Seattle, WA location.
Cisco's AI Software & Platform Group is building the platform for AI app development, first for Cisco's own teams and now, increasingly, for partners and the third-party developers building on Cisco. Cloud Control Studio is the experience on top of it: the place where anyone, from engineers to non-technical builders to AI agents, can build anything. Studio brings together App Builder for building apps and a bring-your-own coding-agent path with the docs and resources to build and manage apps your own way. We are hiring a leader to own that experience, free and paid alike.
You own how builders create in Cloud Control Studio: how someone goes from a prompt to a running, production-grade app, whether they build it in Studio or bring their own coding agent. AI is rewriting how software gets built, and Studio is how Cisco meets builders where that is going. Your scope spans both the free and the paid capabilities of that experience.
This is a senior role defined by ownership rather than task lists. You shape the strategy for the experience and carry accountability for where it goes, working closely with engineering and the partners around you. It is one of the most consequential product seats in the group.
Studio lives or dies on craft. You own how building feels: how someone describes what they want, previews it, refines it with AI, and ships it, whether they are in App Builder or bringing their own coding agent. Your job is to make both paths feel like one product, not two.
Studio is also a business. You own the commercial model: which capabilities are free, which are paid, and how the two fit together as builders move between them in whatever direction their work takes them. Figuring out that model is part of the job, not a given. You own monetization and partnerships, and you carry the number the way a general manager carries theirs.
Studio is built on the group's shared foundations. You partner closely with the Developer Foundations team, feeding Studio's needs into the foundations roadmap, while staying accountable for the experience and the business rather than for the substrate beneath them.
You will be measured on outcomes that matter: how many builders reach a shipped app and how fast, adoption across both free and paid, revenue against commit, and the health of the ecosystem building on Studio.
8+ years in product management or an equivalent discipline, including owning a product or experience end to end with accountability for both adoption and business or revenue outcomes.
Hands-on software engineering background. You have shipped production code and can earn the trust and respect of senior engineers on technical merits.
Concept to adoption. Demonstrated experience taking a product from concept to a shipping, widely adopted state with real commercial outcomes.
Domain depth: AI application platforms and app builders, including prompt-to-app or agentic app-generation products. Hands on experience using AI coding agents, and a feel for how AI is reshaping the way software gets built.
Commercial model design: owning pricing, packaging, and how free and paid capabilities fit together for a developer or platform product.
Partner ownership: comfort owning a major ecosystem or model-provider relationship end to end.
Coherence at the seams: experience unifying multiple product surfaces into one experience that feels like a single product.
Communication: excellent written and verbal communication, with the range to speak credibly to internal teams and external customers and stakeholders alike.
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.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 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 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 hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and 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, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$191,400.00 - $323,600.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$176,100.00 - $287,900.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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