Strategic Program Manager

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $173.4k - $231.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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Cisco

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🔧 Hardware

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Hardware • Security • Enterprise

Cisco is a multinational technology company that provides networking hardware, software, and services to enterprises, service providers, and governments. It builds routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, and edge computing platforms, and offers security, collaboration (Webex), observability, and AI-enabled software and support services to help organizations design, operate, and secure large-scale networks and data centers. Cisco also delivers professional services, training, and cloud-managed solutions to support digital transformation and AI-ready infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Lead special growth initiatives and translate executive priorities into cross-functional programs with defined scopes, roadmaps, decision rights, milestones, and KPIs • Lead cross-functional programs end-to-end, surfacing tradeoffs and dependencies and shaping recommendations for Executive Leadership • Hold workstream leaders accountable for outcomes and ensure integration delivers intended business value • Design and run governance models that provide leadership with timely decision-making insight • Grow strategic external partnerships through a product-strategy lens • Shape post-integration governance for Splunk-related acquisitions with Corporate Development & Integration, Finance, Product, and acquired entities • Define priorities, sequencing, and success measures for acquisition integration • Provide business requirements and support technical teams developing AI-led workflows for operational efficiency • Build narratives, roadmaps, and decision frameworks to drive leadership alignment and action

🎯 Requirements

• MBA with minimum 6 years of relevant experience, OR 8+ years of total experience in similar program or operations leadership roles • Experience shaping strategy and driving execution on cross-functional programs involving senior partners • Experience building governance frameworks, decision models, and executive-level narratives from ambiguity • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Experience preparing materials for Executive or Senior Leadership • Ability to manage sophisticated, matrixed initiatives independently with minimal oversight • Prior experience in an internal strategy, management consulting, or Business Operations/Chief of Staff role at a SaaS or enterprise technology company preferred • Familiarity with SaaS, enterprise software, or technology partnerships and ecosystems preferred • Exposure to product strategy, go-to-market strategy, or customer success motions preferred • Strong program management skills preferred • Strong financial and quantitative analysis skills, including market sizing, reason modeling, and benchmark development preferred • Prior Corporate Development, M&A, or Integration Management Office experience is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution • Paid parental leave • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Basic life insurance • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to continued employment and vesting periods • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year • Exempt employees participate in a flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit, subject to availability and business limitations • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward between calendar years • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies