Senior Staff Product Manager – Splunk AI Foundations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop the strategic roadmap for comprehensive AI/ML lifecycles.

• Design the AI Development Factory platform to facilitate data ingestion, curate training sets, and deploy enterprise AI models.

• Ensure that model-development tools are efficient, secure, and high-performing.

• Lead the integration of governance and protocols to regulate model behavior and maintain security-policy compliance.

• Create and enhance observability layers for tracking performance and troubleshooting intricate multi-step workflows.

• Connect raw data lakes to production-level AI.

• Deliver a top-tier AI platform for global clientele.

• Work collaboratively with the AI Foundations team and various cross-functional stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 8 years, or a PhD with 5 years in Product Management focused on AI/ML platform products.

• Familiarity with the AI/ML lifecycle, encompassing model fine-tuning (SFT/RLHF), orchestration architectures, and data ingestion pipelines (ETL/ELT).

• Experience in implementing security measures, compliance frameworks, and guidelines within AI or software development platforms.

• Background in developing or overseeing observability tools, tracing, or monitoring systems for distributed systems or ML models.

• Proficient in SQL and Python for data analysis and managing large-scale data flows into AI-compatible formats.

• Practical experience with model and agent development lifecycles, including PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, and LlamaIndex.

• Understanding of MLOps and LLMOps principles in networking or cybersecurity contexts.

• Proven experience in building ecosystems, APIs, or SDKs for enterprise-level AI platforms.

• Demonstrated ability to promote adoption of builder-centric products and advance AI solutions from concept to market.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available.

• 10 paid holidays each 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 time 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 matters.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles.