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Technical Product Owner

Cisco

Product, IT

North Carolina, USA

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

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Cisco Enterprise DevOps as a Service (EDaaS) is looking for a Technical Product Owner to support our binary and source code management teams. As a Technical Product Owner, you will serve as the bridge between business collaborators and technical teams, driving the vision and execution of products and features to achieve organizational goals. In this role, you will define product roadmaps, manage backlogs, and collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and other team members to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. You will also take ownership of technical and functional requirements, ensuring alignment with overall business goals while maintaining a focus on the user experience, system performance, and technical feasibility.

This position requires a balance of technical expertise, leadership, and product management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Own and communicate the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational and business goals.
Serve as the primary point of contact for technical teams, collaborators, and business partners throughout the product lifecycle.
Define and prioritize the product backlog to deliver maximum value to users and the business.
Collaborate with engineering teams to translate product features into technical requirements and ensure feasibility.
Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and blockers to ensure the timely delivery of features and products.
Facilitate communication and alignment between cross-functional teams, including engineering, QA, operations, and collaborators.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
7-10 years of experience in technical product management, technical project management, or a related role, with at least 3 years as a product owner in a technical environment.
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in an Agile development environment.
Proven experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs for technical teams.
Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and vice versa.
Familiarity with software development lifecycles (SDLC), CI/CD pipelines, APIs, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), and modern development tools.
Technical proficiency to discuss architecture, APIs, databases, and system integrations with engineers.
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to break down complex problems into actionable solutions.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical collaborators.
Proven ability to prioritize projects, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Manager (POPM), or equivalent certifications.
Experience with tools such as Artifactory, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, or similar product management platforms.
Hands-on experience with data analysis tools or techniques (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Excel).
Knowledge of DevOps practices and principles.
Familiarity with security, compliance, and privacy considerations in technical product management.
Experience working with global, distributed teams.

Key Competencies:

Critical Thinking: Ability to evaluate long-term objectives while balancing short-term priorities.
Decision-Making: Comfortable making data-driven decisions in ambiguous or complex situations.
Leadership: Proven ability to encourage and guide cross-functional teams toward a shared vision.
Problem Solving: Adept at resolving technical and operational challenges effectively.
Customer-Centric Perspective: Passion for delivering value to users and understanding their needs.

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.