Intake Product Manager, Cisco Validated

The application window is expected to close on: 10/29/2026 Preferred candidates should be located in Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, CA or San Jose, CA.

Meet the Team Join Cisco Validated, the team responsible for turning Cisco's integrated technology strategy into field-credible, evidence-backed proof. Cisco Validated has long helped customers, partners, and field teams deploy with confidence through tested designs, deployment guidance, and validated architectures. As Cisco's portfolio becomes more integrated, the team is evolving to validate not only individual designs, but also the cross-portfolio outcomes Cisco presents to the market.

As Product Manager, Cisco Validated Intake, you will serve as a central intake point for strategic and technical requests. You will help cross-functional stakeholders clarify opportunities, assess alignment to Cisco Validated priorities, maintain the CV roadmap, and prepare work for progression through the validation gates.

Your Impact As Product Manager, Cisco Validated Intake, you will expand Cisco Validated's capacity to identify and develop cross-portfolio validation opportunities. You will help stakeholders clarify the opportunity, intended outcome, strategic alignment, customer or field value, and required capabilities.

You will translate qualified opportunities into actionable validation recommendations and guide them through the Cisco Validated gates. Your work will maintain a clear roadmap of candidate and active initiatives, improve visibility into priorities and dependencies, and help the team focus its technical resources on the highest-value opportunities.

You will partner with Cisco Validated TMEs and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure requests are sufficiently defined, aligned to Cisco Validated priorities, and ready for review. Responsibilities include:

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