Engineering Program Manager

Application window closes: 10/20/2026

About the role

ASIG is part of the Security and Trust Organization (S&TO). ASIG consists of dedicated offensive security engineers who focus on Cisco products and services. The Program Manager will lead and coordinate complex, cross-functional security projects within Cisco’s Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG) that are focused on the improvement of security posture of products and systems on a recurring basis.

Responsibilities

• Develops, defines and executes project plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Identifies needed resources for projects, defines and assigns major project roles.
• Monitors the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending.
• Assigns and monitors work of project/program management staff, providing technical support and direction.
• Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project on schedule and within budget constraints.
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services.
• Works independently but receives minimal guidance and direction from leader then determines best approach to accomplish work.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Requires solid conceptual and practical knowledge in primary technical job family and knowledge of related technical job families; has worked with a range of technologies.
• Understands project and/or department needs and establishes relationships with appropriate cross-functional stakeholders to gather input, collect information and complete work steps.
• Manages a small number of mid-sized projects or programs with moderate to high risk, and multiple interdependencies (e.g., multiple features).
• Demonstrates solid working knowledge of multiple engineering/technical domains and provides domain knowledge transfer to less senior team members.
• Reviews project milestones against predetermined key performance indicators and reports consolidated project/program status and financial information to leadership.
• Manages complex risks and proactively anticipates and manages scope creep; executes on plans to mitigate and eliminate impediments and facilitate flow.
• Allocates and continuously evaluates resource needs (training needs, tools, funding) and develops action plans for optimal resource utilization.
• Identifies and engages right set of functional and cross functional stakeholders to collaborate and develop technical solutions impacting own and related project/programs.
• Collaborates with project leadership team to identify areas of improvement and applies knowledge of emerging best practices and policies within span of engagement.
• Facilitates technical QA and general code testing.
• Identifies and recommends improvements to product development lifecycle and best engineering best practices.
• Develops roadmap and guidelines for tailoring practices to complex and dynamic projects/programs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience.
• Technical background in application and product security.
• Strong project management skills, prioritization skills and proactive communication.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize complex security projects and initiatives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.