Director, Program Management - HyperShield

Who We Are

The Cisco Security Innovation team incubates ideas for the leading provider of network security services, enabling the world to connect with confidence on any device, anywhere, anytime. Our product portfolio includes the cloud-delivered firewall, Web proxy, Zero Trust Proxy, NaaS integrations, and inspection services as highly available distributed systems using cloud engineering practices. We are seeking a strong developer to participate in architecture design, technical requirements definition, and engineering execution. This individual will collaborate heavily with the Engineering and Product Management teams, communicating with various peripheral organizations about program delivery.

Who You Are

As Director of Engineering Program Management, you will partner with the Hypershield Engineering team on various product delivery tracks. You thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment while taking the time to build relationships and drive consensus. You are curious and seek to understand across a broad spectrum, ranging from technical tradeoffs to business drivers and your team members' perspectives and challenges.

You are courageous and call out issues you see, collaborating to find solutions. You are dedicated and drive issues to closure, rolling up your sleeves from day one. You are dedicated to continuous improvement, always striving to enhance and optimize outcomes. You are typically the most organized person in the room and, coupled with your communication skills, you excel at bringing people together in a shared understanding.

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What You Will Do

• Support, track, and manage complex program execution, multi-functional coordination, and inter/intra team communications to deliver high-quality program outcomes for Cisco’s Hypershield program.
• Work closely with the Engineering and Product Management teams to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines into an actionable backlog.
• Lead release plans and set expectations on the delivery of new features.
• Bring the right people together to identify risks and dependencies, define, and adjust plans to mitigate and manage accordingly.
• Monitor program progress and effectively communicate status updates to both internal and external teams.
• Lead program gates to ensure compliance, alignment, and executive transparency.
• Drive day-to-day program activities to meet overall program objectives.
• Resolve conflicts by focusing on shared purpose and mutual understanding.
• Drive retrospectives and measurable process improvement efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 14+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 8+ years of related experience, or PhD with 5+ years of related experience leading large-scale enterprise engineering projects or programs.
• 5+ years of experience using Agile methodologies and SCRUM frameworks for program management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fine-tuned understanding and expertise in Lean Enterprise / Agile / Kanban practices and supporting tools.
• Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts with both technical and non-technical individuals.
• Able to efficiently collaborate with and influence team members to achieve project goals and contribute positively to the engineering community environment.
• Strong coordination and facilitation skills, willing to work with geo-distributed teams.
• Comfortable interpreting data to translate and present as business insights.
• Experience with collaboration tools, defect tracking tools, data visualization applications, and business applications.
• Consistent track record of successful sophisticated program management.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.

Why Cisco Secure

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, dedicating ourselves to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution. Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products. We're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!