Go-To-Market Program Manager

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. By simplifying powerful technology, we can free passionate people to focus on their mission. As the fastest-growing cloud-managed team in the world, our product and technology architecture is changing the landscape of enterprise networking and making cloud-managed IT a reality.

YOU:

Our Product Launch and Lifecycle Operations team is looking to hire a Go-to-Market Program manager to oversee the successful launch and implementation of new products for two product families.

This role involves working with cross-functional teams to ensure that all aspects of the launch are managed effectively, from initial concept through launch and ongoing support. The Go-to-Market Program Manager will work with product management, engineering, marketing, sales, legal, finance, customer service, support, and other teams to develop a comprehensive launch plan and coordinate all activities associated with the product or service launch.

• Lead weekly meetings with internal teams to develop and execute launch strategies for new products, services, and features
• Monitor progress against established timelines and milestones to ensure timely completion
• Identify potential risks or issues that may delay a launch and develop solutions to mitigate them
• Analyze post-launch performance data to identify areas of improvement
• Prepare and present briefings to senior and executive leadership

We strive to create a welcoming workplace that inspires the insatiably curious and the relentlessly focused to make customer IT and networks utterly simple. We are looking for an individual that lives the Meraki values daily: care deeply, be brave, simplify everything, and everybody in. Our ideal candidate is not bound by a checklist, which includes,

• 5+ years of experience as a Program/Project Manager or similar role
• 8+ years of experience in Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, or Planning 
• Ability to understand technical requirements/issues and be able to interpret impact risk to launch activities
• Proven experience creating and maintaining detailed project schedules using MS Project or similar software
• Be comfortable with rapid changes and able to navigate teams around uncertainty and ambiguous situations
• High-level understanding of NPI product development cycles in HW and SW
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university

Why Cisco Meraki?

We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking ambitious risks to craft the technologies that give us connected cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unusual personalities who aren't afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns. We are encouraging leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers. We Are Cisco Meraki.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.