ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGER

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Meet the Team Join the Global Business Operations (GBO) Engineering Operations PMO Team at Cisco, where you'll lead software projects for the routing, optical, and automation portfolio, contributing to innovative solutions within the Cisco Networking Engineering group.
Your Impact You will be responsible for managing multi-functional programs and delivering innovative software for Cisco Networking Engineering (CNE).
You will be encouraged to manage software programs, complex solutions, and releases in close collaboration with multi-functional teams.
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to plan requirements, develop timelines, identify, and mitigate risks to product deliveries.
Drive technical trade-off discussions in collaboration with multi-functional leaders across Cisco and work with customer and account teams to prioritize, plan, and status.
Implement process improvements and best practices, optimizing program planning and development.
Support other Program Managers in driving end-to-end engineering planning and development across multiple product and engineering teams.
Maintain control of multi-functional dependencies and program execution, ensuring project completion on schedule, with quality, and within budget constraints.
Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related fields.
5+ years of validated experience as a Technical Program Manager, leading and delivering complex technical programs in Agile/Waterfall environments.
Experience in product development lifecycle management, SDLC methodologies, and software product engineering integration.
Networking domain knowledge and open source exposure.
Hands-on experience with collaboration tools like Jira, Microsoft 365, Power BI, Tableau, Project Plan, SharePoint, Confluence, and basic coding/scripting knowledge.
Preferred Qualifications Experience in identifying, analyzing, and resolving program issues and driving end-to-end program execution.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong presentation skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
Executive presence and good communication skills to establish rapport with engineering collaborators.
Ability to navigate through uncertainty while maintaining focus on program objectives.
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