Consumer TelePresence Program / Project Manager

We have a current opening for a Program Manager in the Telepresence team within our Emerging Technologies Group (ETG) to help lead Consumer TelePresence product teams. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in achieving career advancement by building technical expertise and expanding program management opportunities.

TelePresence is a virtual presence experience that uses advanced visual, audio, and interactive technologies to create an in person experience at a virtual conference table. TelePresence is one of the more recent examples of how Cisco is changing the way we work, live, play and learn. Join our high energy team involved in testing several next generation TelePresence products.

Responsibilities:
- Work with cross functional team members to identify retail distribution strategy and execution plan. Aspects of the project include cross functional team that is geographically distributed.
- Lead multiple project teams and drive all programmatic aspects of the product.
- Work with management to develop complex plans with considerable interdependencies, including contingency plans for dealing with potential or anticipated obstacles and changes.
- Provide input on resource planning and strategy setting.
- Innovates and implements standards and process improvements.
- Create status reports and present to BU and TG executives on program progress during operational reviews.
- Responsible for establishing and executing on Quality objectives laid out by management.
- Solve problems in a timely manner based on professional knowledge and Cisco policy and precedence. Understand how Cisco's business strategy and processes differ from competitors'.
- Treat planning and prioritization activities dynamically, adjusting priorities to reflect changing conditions.
- Track multiple project tasks to proactively anticipate problems.
- Keep goals and schedules highly visible in the organization to ensure that individuals and teams are driven to high levels of productivity.
- Step up when additional workload is needed and offers support in areas outside own scope/expertise.


Requirements:
-The ideal candidate will have 10 years of experience in large scale product development and deployment and possess advanced analytical, communication and project management skills.
- Ability to work with a cross functional team spans across business unit boundary working with multiple functional teams, including but not limited to engineering, marketing, customer service and manufacturing teams.
- Prior background in working in Consumer Audio / Video product or TelePresence product.
- Experience working with external third party suppliers, manufacturing OEM/ODM vendors and distributors.
- Prior experience in a start up environment.
- Lead and coordinate project across various cross functional teams. Ability to think out of the box, be creative are important. Previous experience working in a fast paced environment and having the ability to influence and lead without authority are key to the success of this role.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Typically requires an engineering degree with 10+ years related experience.