Senior Engineering Product Manager – Strategic Partnership Initiatives

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee the formulation and implementation of strategic partnership initiatives to broaden the reach of the Splunk Platform within key hyperscaler and partner ecosystems.

• Establish product strategy and align cross-functional roadmaps effectively.

• Engage internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions that promote revenue growth.

• Foster alignment among engineering, sales, and partner leadership teams.

• Ensure the complex needs of critical enterprise customers are addressed adequately.

• Advocate for a partner-first approach.

• Convert extensive business opportunities into actionable product requirements.

• Manage the product lifecycle from initial concept and partner negotiations to large-scale deployment and adoption throughout the Splunk ecosystem.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience or a Master's degree with 4+ years of experience.

• Proven experience in Product Management, Business Development, or strategic technical roles within the SaaS or Cloud sectors.

• Demonstrated experience managing complex technical partnerships or platform integrations with major cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Experience in driving product strategy and executing roadmaps for platform-scale projects involving multiple cross-functional stakeholders.

• Proficient in writing detailed product requirements, narratives, and business cases that align with engineering and executive leadership.

• Ability to navigate and resolve intricate, multi-party stakeholder scenarios.

• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, SaaS delivery models, and platform-level interoperability.

• Capability to translate complex business strategies into clear, actionable technical requirements for engineering teams.

• Expertise in identifying and quantifying market opportunities, managing P&L impacts, and translating partner requirements into product value.

• Skilled in influencing without direct authority and building consensus in highly matrixed, fast-paced organizational contexts.

🏝️ 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.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to eligibility.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward.

• Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco’s policies.

• Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans.