Leader, Engineering

Meet the Team

Join Cisco's Technology and Quality Systems Group as a Leader, where you'll play a pivotal role in driving innovation and empowering supply chain technical operations through intelligent digital platforms. Our team is a dynamic, agile group developing next-generation advanced virtual manufacturing execution and security platforms. We demonstrate cutting-edge technologies, including Linux, Python, Cassandra for big data, and advanced visualization tools (HTML5 with JS/Angular/React), to build disruptive solutions. Be part of a team that redefines manufacturing software and drives impactful change.

Your Impact

As an Engineering Leader, you will take ownership of designing and delivering transformative solutions while guiding and growing a talented team. In this role, you will:

• Lead by Example: Manage a diverse team of engineers, fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Coach and Mentor: Guide employee career development by coaching junior engineers and maximizing the potential of senior team members.
• Deliver Business Solutions: Develop and implement technical solutions to address key business challenges for the Technology and Quality Systems Group and its stakeholders.
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Become a trusted advisor for internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with GMO and Product Operations to establish and execute a technical roadmap aligned with joint business goals.
• Develop the Team: Build a strong technical leadership pipeline, focusing on solutions that meet business needs and drive organizational growth.
• Champion Organizational Growth: Represent organizational strategies and support site development initiatives to enable long-term success.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science, and an MBA or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams of 10 or more people.
• Proven experience in people management, including staffing, performance evaluations, and managing expectations.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of driving successful, complex programs.
• Experience working in business organizations, managing cross-functional stakeholders, and negotiating solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional ability to build internal and external stakeholder networks and develop relationships to deliver on strategic plans and projects.
• Strong understanding of the manufacturing business domain and associated technical constraints.
• Strong relationships and networks with leaders of stakeholder organizations.
• Proven ability to lead multiple cross-functional teams to deliver on plans.
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging for both technical and business audiences.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we connect everything-people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold steps to create technologies that empower smart cities, connected cars, and groundbreaking solutions in industries like healthcare, retail, and education.

We are dreamers, doers, and leaders who celebrate creativity and diversity, fueling our innovation. At Cisco, you'll work with talented teams, mentor-driven leaders, and passionate colleagues who care deeply about making an impact locally and globally.

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!