Senior Staff Product Manager - Splunk AI Foundations

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 09/04/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . Splunk is looking for an Engineering Product Manager to join our AI Foundations Team! We are building the core models and tools that power our entire product portfolio for global customers. In this role, you will help define the roadmap for high-scale AI, focusing on domain-specific models, agentic protocols, and orchestration platforms. Meet the Team The Splunk AI Foundations team is a high-impact group dedicated to delivering Gen AI and ML-based solutions that enhance Cisco and Splunk products. We function as the core engine for AI innovation, enabling builders to deploy AI at scale while maintaining rigorous security, governance, and observability. Our team is a diverse group of experts and engineers who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovation-driven environment. We are excited to be at the forefront of AI-native digital resilience, solving complex challenges that bridge the gap between raw data and intelligent, agentic workflows. Our work is essential to the larger vision of powering the future of secure, automated infrastructure. Your Impact As the Senior Staff Product Manager, you will serve as the architect of the "AI Development Factory," a unified platform that empowers builders to ingest data, curate training sets, and deploy enterprise-grade AI models. You will define the strategic roadmap for end-to-end AI/ML lifecycles, ensuring our tools provide seamless, secure, and performant model development. You will drive the integration of robust governance and guardrails to control model behavior and ensure compliance with security policies. Additionally, you will build and scale platform observability layers to allow users to trace performance and debug complex multi-step workflows. Your success will be measured by your ability to bridge the gap between raw data lakes and production-grade AI, ultimately shipping a world-class platform to our global customers. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years of related experience, or Master’s degree plus 8 years, or PhD plus 5 years in Product Management with a focus on AI/ML platform products . Experience in the AI/ML lifecycle, including model fine-tuning (SFT/RLHF), orchestration architectures, and data ingestion pipelines (ETL/ELT). Experience implementing security protocols, compliance frameworks, and guardrails within AI or software development platforms. Experience in building or managing observability tools, tracing, or monitoring systems for distributed systems or ML models. Proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis and managing large-scale data flows into AI-ready formats. Preferred Qualifications Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in a quantitative field or an MBA. Hands-on experience with the model and agent development lifecycle (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex) . Knowledge of MLOps and LLMOps principles within networking or cybersecurity. Experience building ecosystems, APIs, or SDKs for enterprise-grade AI platforms. Proven ability to drive adoption for builder-centric products and scale AI solutions from concept to market. Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $179,000.00 to $254,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area: $194,600.00 - $328,600.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $179,000.00 - $294,000.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.