About the position
We are seeking an experienced Principal Identity Product Manager to join our Collaboration team. In this role, you will work at the intersection of Cisco's networking, security, and collaboration portfolios to craft our identity management solutions. You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders-including Strategic Partners, Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Support, Sales, Customer Experience, Finance, Legal, and Operations-to drive customer success through secure, scalable identity experiences! We are looking for an entrepreneurial and committed product leader to define, drive, and implement Cisco's enterprise-wide identity management strategy (IAM). This role ensures that our identity solutions are secure, seamless, and scalable across a diverse user base-including employees, contractors, partners, and customers. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to modernize our IAM capabilities and deliver a future-ready identity platform.
Responsibilities
- Define the enterprise identity strategy: Establish a long-term vision for IAM aligned with Cisco's business goals, compliance needs, and security priorities.
- Lead cross-functional execution: Partner with engineering, security, infrastructure, HR, legal, and business teams to deliver a secure and intuitive identity experience.
- Modernize IAM infrastructure: Drive the evolution toward cloud-native and federated identity solutions, including MFA, SSO, lifecycle management, and Just-In-Time provisioning.
- Enhance the user experience: Promote streamlined workflows for users while maintaining robust security and access controls.
- Establish metrics and governance: Define Key Performance Indicators and governance models to measure identity system adoption and efficiency.
- Act as an identity inspiring leader: Stay ahead of IAM trends, lead internal evangelism efforts, and represent Cisco in industry forums.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in technical product management roles, to include end-to-end product management experience: strategy, roadmap, design, development, go-to-market, and lifecycle management with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams.
- Proven success delivering enterprise-grade software products in complex environments.
- Deep expertise in identity and access management (IAM) including SSO, MFA, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, provisioning, and identity governance.
- Experience with identity products such as Azure AD, Okta, Ping, AWS IAM, OneLogin, Google Cloud Identity, or OCI Identity and Access Management.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical, quantitative, or business field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems)
Nice-to-haves
- Strong ability to balance business strategy, user needs, and technical feasibility.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive engagement skills.
Benefits
- Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Numerous wellbeing offerings.
- Paid holidays (up to twelve per year, including one floating holiday).
- Vacation time off (up to 16 days per year for non-exempt new hires).
- Flexible Vacation Time Off policy for exempt new hires.
- Sick Time Off policy with 80 hours provided on hire date and annually.
- Paid time away for critical or emergency issues.
- Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
