AI Product Manager, AI - UCS Compute & Commodities

Company: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Location: San Jose
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

AI Product Manager, AI - UCS Compute & CommoditiesLocation: San Jose, California, USArea of Interest: Engineer - Pre Sales and Product ManagementCompensation Range: 133300 USD - 186800 USDJob Type: ProfessionalJob Id: 1434539Application deadline is expected to close on February 18 2025What You'll do?Support the Product Management Team responsible for UCS Rack Servers, Specialized Servers, Peripherals and Components.Key Job Responsibilities:

• Perform market research and analysis on competing product features and positioning. Maintain constant surveillance and awareness of the Server market and articulate customer needs and trends.
• Assist in creating datasheets, brochures, whitepapers, case studies, and website content.
• Develop data and visualization requirements in support of marketing performance and metrics, including quarterly business reviews.
• Facilitate and collaborate with stakeholders to understand criticalities in the business, use cases, and strategic focus. Provide feedback, outline capabilities, present analysis and insights.
• Assess overall business operations from both a product and service perspective. Communicate analysis, trends, and results to the appropriate management teams.
• Assist the Senior Server Product Managers in running the UCS Compute Product Lifecycle. Help resolve when actions are needed to upgrade, improve, revise or reposition products, revise product promotional programs and product pricing, discontinue existing products, and then develop appropriate plans to discontinue the UCS product and migrate customers to a new UCS product.
• In the product planning phase, balance out requirements with cost to improve the value proposition to the customer.
• Collaborate to develop and maintain product roadmaps and other representations of the product line plan and strategy, ensuring they are always up to date.
• Develop forecasts for their particular products based on customer demand and maintain forecasts as customer demand changes. Analyze variances between forecasted and actual product demand to understand what happened and to refine their forecasting approach.
• Work effectively with Product Team members and Finance to develop a realistic business case.
• Work closely with Engineering program management, helping to plan product development, provide mentorship, and monitor results.
• Engage with Central Marketing to evaluate and refine marketing messages.
• Run early access and early field trials of new UCS Server platforms. Assess the results of usability testing and take appropriate corrective action.
• Evaluate and establish pricing. Evaluate the market, the competition, and establish product pricing to increase profit and long-term sales based on corporate objectives and positioning in the marketplace.
• Coordinate & handle product launches and orderability. Write the orderability rules for each product.Who You'll Work WithYou will collaborate closely with other product managers, BU leadership, customers, sales, engineering, and marketing teams to help design, develop, and take to market groundbreaking switching and routing products.Minimum Requirements for This Role:
  • A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer science, or equivalent work experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in Product Management roles.
  • Experience with Compute, AI, and Data Center technologies.Desired Skills:
    • Combination of an MBA with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
    • Data exploration skills require SQL, Python, or logic knowledge to guide deep data analysis in a cloud (Snowflake, Google Cloud Platform) environment.
    • Cultivate an executive presence and bring a strong mix of product management, project management, and customer experience specific acuity coupled with strategic vision and flawless execution.
    • Diligent to details, quality, and accuracy.
    • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple deadlines and priorities, and drive projects through to completion while collaborating with other teams within the company.#WeAreCisco#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage.Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. Take your next step and be you, with us!
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