Manager, Product Management / Marketing

The GSBU/CSSTG SP vision is to build service-enabled quad-play deployments with various access methods. To realize this vision, GSBU/CSSTG is building the next-generation mid-market U-PE/PE-Aggregation carrier-Ethernet platform as a critical part of Cisco’s carrier-Ethernet portfolio. This next-gen 4500 platform leverages the unique centralized architecture of the 4500 that has low cost, low power usage and high L2/L3 performance.

This is a strong leadership position to be part of an exciting, dynamic, small team to enable the CSSTG SP vision. Below are the key responsibilities.

- Support strategic customer engagements and aggressively generate demand to win and accelerate SP revenues.

- Serve as a technical subject matter expert on Metro-Ethernet technologies and solutions to external customers and internal with engineering. Involve in product definition and release planning process.

- Provide market and business case analysis, product forecast and product pricing.

- Duties include leading network planning discussions, presenting technology updates, responding to RFI/RFPs, and supporting lab trials.

- Author technology documents, solution white papers and application notes regarding Metro-Ethernet.

- Perform technical competitive analysis by product to help drive new product development or enhancement, and to train sales force on competitive positioning.

- Represent Cisco at industry conferences to promote demand and awareness.