[Remote] Director, Product Management - Threat AI Detections

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a global leader in cybersecurity innovation, and they are seeking a Director of Product Management for Threat AI Detections to lead the strategy and execution of AI-powered detection technologies. This role involves defining the future of AI-driven threat detection and integrating these solutions across Cisco's security products.

Responsibilities

• Define and Drive AI Detection Strategy
• Develop and execute a multi-product strategy for AI-powered threat detections and protections
• Scale Talos' proprietary AI and machine learning capabilities to stay ahead of sophisticated cyber threats and nation-state adversaries
• Identify emerging threat trends and translate them into detection and protection capabilities across Cisco's security portfolio
• Own the Product Lifecycle
• Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of AI and ML detection engines and protection services, from ideation and experimentation through production deployment and eventual retirement
• Define and measure success through coverage, efficacy, performance, adoption, and customer outcomes
• Drive continuous innovation while balancing operational excellence and scalability
• Drive Portfolio Integration
• Lead the integration of Talos AI detections and protections across Cisco Security products and platforms
• Create a unified intelligence-first customer experience across network, cloud, endpoint, identity, and AI security solutions
• Partner across engineering, data science, product, and security teams to define common data models, telemetry requirements, and detection frameworks
• Collaborate with ecosystem partners, SIEM, SOAR, and Cisco Cloud control and Security control platforms to maximize customer value
• Lead Through Influence
• Align stakeholders around strategic priorities, technical direction, and business outcomes and drive cross-functional execution across globally distributed teams
• Establish Responsible AI Practices
• Define standards for ethical, transparent, and resilient AI security solutions to ensure AI detection models are unbiased, explainable, secure, and resistant to adversarial attacks
• Align products with global privacy, compliance, and data sovereignty requirements

Skills

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience, or Masters and 8+ years of experience, or PhD and 6+ years of experience to include 4+ years of direct or indirect people leadership
• 5+ years of leadership experience in enterprise cybersecurity offerings to include threat intelligence or security centric AI/ML-based products
• Experience building and scaling security platforms, detection technologies, or threat intelligence solutions
• Experience driving large, cross-functional initiatives across engineering, data science, and business teams
• Experience with threat intelligence, detection engineering, or security operations
• Experience leading multi-product or platform-level strategies
• Familiarity with GenAI, Agentic AI, LLM security, and AI governance frameworks
• Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or PhD) in a relevant field
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• 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
• 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 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

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