Product Manager - Splunk Platform Incubation

Cisco is a leading technology company focused on revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations. They are seeking a Product Manager to lead the Splunk Platform Incubation team, responsible for driving product vision, strategy, and roadmap for innovative B2B, cloud, and AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for one or more high-risk, high-reward incubation bets on the Splunk Platform
• Define customer problems, hypotheses, success criteria, and experiment plans to turn ambiguous opportunities into clear, evidence-backed product concepts
• Partner with a dedicated engineering team and cross-functional partners across Splunk and Cisco to prototype, validate, and iterate on new product experiences
• Drive discovery, design, customer validation, and business case development to determine whether concepts should move forward into productization
• Deliver validated concepts with evidence of customer value, early product-market fit signals, strategic impact, and a realistic path for transition to core product or platform teams

Requirements:

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
• 8+ years of product management experience in enterprise B2B software, cloud platforms, data platforms, security, observability, networking, or AI/ML products
• Experience leading 0-to-1 product development, incubation, innovation, or early-stage product discovery for technical software products
• Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, requirements, success metrics, and business cases for technical products or platforms
• Experience working directly with engineering teams on cloud-native software, distributed systems, platform capabilities, or AI/ML-enabled product experiences
• Experience conducting customer discovery, validating product hypotheses, and using qualitative or quantitative evidence to inform product decisions
• Experience with rapid development for forward looking demos and prototypes
• Familiarity with modern AI/LLM capabilities, agentic experiences, AI-assisted workflows, or AI-enabled product design
• Ability to create structure in ambiguous environments by defining clear problem statements, hypotheses, milestones, and decision points
• Strong technical depth with the ability to earn credibility with senior engineers and architects while translating complexity for executives, customers, and partners
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across product, engineering, design, go-to-market, senior leadership, and cross-business-unit partners