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Director, Product Management – Threat AI Detections
Location
California + 1 moreAll locations: California | Maryland
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$230.1K - $325.3K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Product Management – Threat AI Detections
Cisco
• Define and Drive AI Detection Strategy • Develop and execute a multi-product strategy for AI-powered threat detections and protections • Scale Talos' proprietary AI and machine learning capabilities to stay ahead of sophisticated cyber threats and nation-state adversaries • Identify emerging threat trends and translate them into detection and protection capabilities across Cisco's security portfolio • Own the Product Lifecycle • Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of AI and ML detection engines and protection services • Define and measure success through coverage, efficacy, performance, adoption, and customer outcomes • Drive continuous innovation while balancing operational excellence and scalability • Drive Portfolio Integration • Lead the integration of Talos AI detections and protections across Cisco Security products and platforms • Create a unified intelligence-first customer experience across network, cloud, endpoint, identity, and AI security solutions • Partner across engineering, data science, product, and security teams to define common data models, telemetry requirements, and detection frameworks • Collaborate with ecosystem partners, SIEM, SOAR, and Cisco Cloud control and Security control platforms to maximize customer value • Lead Through Influence • Align stakeholders around strategic priorities, technical direction, and business outcomes and drive cross-functional execution across globally distributed teams • Establish Responsible AI Practices • Define standards for ethical, transparent, and resilient AI security solutions to ensure AI detection models are unbiased, explainable, secure, and resistant to adversarial attacks • Align products with global privacy, compliance, and data sovereignty requirements
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience, or Masters and 8+ years of experience, or PhD and 6+ years of experience to include 4+ years of direct or indirect people leadership
- 5+ years of leadership experience in enterprise cybersecurity offerings to include threat intelligence or security centric AI/ML-based products
- Experience building and scaling security platforms, detection technologies, or threat intelligence solutions
- Experience driving large, cross-functional initiatives across engineering, data science, and business teams
- Experience with threat intelligence, detection engineering, or security operations (Preferred)
- Experience leading multi-product or platform-level strategies (Preferred)
- Familiarity with GenAI, Agentic AI, LLM security, and AI governance frameworks (Preferred)
- Strong communication and executive presentation skills (Preferred)
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
- flexible vacation time off program
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date
- up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
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