# Product Lifecycle Project Manager

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Bangalore, India
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Product Management
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Cisco Product Operations team is seeking a Product Lifecycle Program Manager (PLPM) to manage global cost management and the end-to-end product lifecycle from inception to End-of-Life (EOL).

The Product Operations team plays a critical role in delivering Cisco’s next-generation hardware products on a scale. Working at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing, the team ensures seamless product lifecycle execution,from new product introduction to high-volume production and customer delivery.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Strategic Cost Management & Lifecycle Oversight: Serve as the primary architect for end-to-end product lifecycle strategy, driving rigorous cost management protocols from launch through EOL to ensure sustained profitability.

- Engineering Change Governance: Provide oversight for Engineering Change Management, ensuring seamless technical transitions and minimal operational disruption.

- Product Quality & Financial Stewardship: Maintain stringent control over product quality benchmarks and cost structures, ensuring alignment with organizational financial targets.

- Complex Problem Resolution: Lead the mitigation of critical sustaining issues, including line-stop resolutions, CAP account management, AVL optimization, and continuous manufacturing process improvement.

- EOL Strategy & Orchestration: Direct the development and execution of holistic EOL strategies, partnering with integrated product teams to ensure smooth sunsetting of legacy solutions.

- Enterprise Risk Management: Oversee proactive risk assessment, including multi-source technology evaluation, component-level analysis, cost variance mitigation, and comprehensive supply chain reviews throughout the lifecycle.

- Field Performance & Margin Optimization: Lead strategic action planning for product field performance and spearhead initiatives to drive continuous improvement in gross margins.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related technical field.

- 2-5 years of experience in Supply Chain management within the high-tech sector.

- Basic Program Management and executive-level stakeholder management skills.

- Knowledge of supply chain dynamics, specifically within high-tech environments, product costing, and sophisticated margin analysis.

- Understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and sustaining product support

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Knowledge of New Product Introduction (NPI) processes.

- Experience using Agile methodologies and advanced MSFT tools.

- Experience in the high-tech electronics industry and large-scale electronics manufacturing.

- Strong executive communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

## Skills

### Required
- Supply Chain Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Program Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Cost Management
- Risk Assessment

### Nice to have
- Agile Methodologies
- MSFT Tools
- New Product Introduction
- High-Tech Electronics Industry
- Executive Communication

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