Cisco

Engineering Product Manager

Cisco$191K — $281K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in product management, with 3+ years focusing on marketplaces or ecosystems.
  • Experience in monetizing transactable digital marketplaces (SaaS, integrations, APIs).
  • Proven leadership in partner and ISV engagement across business and technical dimensions.
  • Understanding of modern cloud architectures including multi-tenant SaaS and REST APIs.
  • Strong instincts for cross-functional ownership, balancing GTM and product strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage a 18-24 month product strategy for the marketplace, including metrics for success.
  • Determine the composition of the marketplace catalog including first-party apps and integrations.
  • Monitor competitive landscape including AWS and Azure Marketplaces to position Cisco Cloud Control.
  • Create a streamlined onboarding and listing experience for partners and ISVs.
  • Act as the primary contact for external partner and ISV engagements to drive integrations.
  • Design the subscriber experience from discovery to lifecycle management for customers.
  • Lead monetization strategies including pricing frameworks and revenue models.

Benefits

  • Work with cutting-edge technology in the marketplace and AI spaces.
  • Opportunity to shape strategies with significant business impact.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams from engineering to executive stakeholders.
  • Engage with industry leaders at external events and partner summits.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 06/26/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Build the Marketplace Strategy
  • Define and be responsible for the 18-24 month marketplace product strategy: scope, sequencing, architecture, and the metrics that prove it is working.
  • Determine the full catalog model - Cisco first-party apps, ISV/third-party integrations, AI agents, MCP-based workflows, automation templates, and data services - and how each earns its place in the catalog.
  • Stay ahead of the competitive landscape across AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace, and emerging AI agent distribution models; identify where the Cisco Cloud Control Marketplace can be distinctly better for NetOps, SecOps, and ITOps teams who are redefining how they operate.

Own the Publisher Experience
  • Build the onboarding, certification, and listing experience that makes it simple - and compelling - for partners and ISVs to publish to Cisco Cloud Control.
  • Act as the single-threaded owner for external partner and ISV engagements: drive business, technical, and commercial conversations to land integrations that create real customer outcomes.
  • Build the partner tier and co-sell framework that incentivizes ecosystem growth.

Own the Subscriber Experience
  • Design the discovery, installation, entitlement, and lifecycle management experience for Cisco Cloud Control customers.
  • Make the marketplace the default starting point for customers who want to extend and automate their Cisco estate.
  • Instrument the subscriber funnel: from discovery to activation to value realization, with clear signals on where the experience earns trust and where it loses it.

Define Monetization
  • Lead the monetization strategy: transactable listings with ISV revenue share, bundled/included offerings at the platform tier, and free integrations that drive platform stickiness.
  • Develop the commercial framework that lets ISVs price and package their offerings flexibly while maintaining coherence for Cisco customers.
  • Partner with Finance, Legal, and Strategy to model revenue scenarios, set pricing guardrails, and build the business case.

Drive GTM End-2-End
  • Build the GTM playbook: field enablement, partner co-sell programs, digital/in-product growth loops, and launch frameworks.
  • Enable Cisco's sales and CX teams to confidently position, demo, and close marketplace-dependent opportunities.
  • Own launch achievements from alpha through beta to GA; define the bar for each gate.

Lead Cross-Functional Alignment
  • Drive alignment across Cisco's AI, automation, and platform engineering teams to position the marketplace as the distribution layer for workflows.
  • Build coherence across multiple engineering teams, design, CX, legal, finance, and executive stakeholders - turning competing priorities into a unified roadmap.
  • Represent the marketplace externally: at customer briefings, partner summits, and industry events.


Minimum Qualifications
  • 8+ years in product management, with at least 3 years in a marketplace, platform, or ecosystem PM role with a demonstrated track record of launching and scaling multi-sided platforms - with measurable publisher, subscriber, and revenue outcomes.
  • Experience designing and operating monetization models for transactable digital marketplaces (SaaS apps, integrations, APIs, or data services).
  • Proven ability to lead partner and ISV engagements at business, technical, and commercial levels.
  • Fluency with modern cloud architectures: multi-tenant SaaS, REST/event-driven APIs, identity and entitlement systems.
  • Strong cross-functional ownership instincts - comfortable holding GTM, commercial strategy, and product delivery simultaneously.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise marketplace platforms as a builder, ISV, or product owner.
  • Background in enterprise networking, security, compute, or observability - understanding how NetOps, SecOps, and ITOps teams evaluate, trial, and adopt new tooling.
  • Familiarity with AI agent frameworks, MCP servers, or agentic automation - and clear conviction about how agents will be distributed and monetized in the next 2-3 years.
  • Competitive depth across emerging AI/automation marketplace entrants.
  • Exceptional storytelling skills: able to distill a complex ecosystem play into a crisp narrative for customers, partners, field sellers, and executives.

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