Program Manager - Components Transformation

Cisco Supply Chain Program Manager

Cisco Supply Chain plays a critical role delivering profitable growth and strategic outcomes for Cisco's customers, shareholders, and business units. Our highly engaged organization excels in a fast-paced environment, continually transforming the way we work to be one step ahead of the ever-changing world around us. Component Central Operations (CCO) enables the Components Business to achieve world-class Silicon & Optical operations by leading end-to-end process improvements and digital transformation, leveraging portfolio management, data & security, and architecture expertise. We drive execution to achieve business outcomes enabling Components Operations to maximize revenue, margin, & deliver world class products in a cost effective and efficient manner.

Your Impact

As a CCO Program Manager, you will help lead the end to end portfolio execution for Components. The responsibilities include developing and implementing portfolio management processes, coordinating the planning and initiation of programs at various levels of completion, monitor progress and schedules of portfolio, communicate with portfolio and program stakeholders, provide mentorship to Program Managers and execute according to PMO framework, develop criteria for evaluating portfolio, developing portfolio status reports, etc.

Responsibilities Include

• Portfolio Management: Help manage end to end Components portfolio by ensuring execution and reporting out in high-value meeting cadences with stakeholders
• Change Management: Leading change initiatives, effectively communicating changes, addressing concerns, and ensuring smooth transitions
• Program Management: Oversee Components programs, focusing on scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables, coordinating resources, and monitoring progress to ensure successful execution and delivery
• PMO Governance: Create process standards and provide delivery oversight for programs and projects
• Communications: Manage communication plan including setting expectations, internal and external communications
• Stakeholder Partnership: Align with both technical and business teams to drive improvement to processes and procedures
• Performance Measurement and Reporting: Develop performance metrics, monitor key performance indicators and generate reports to effectively track progress, evaluate outcomes, and make informed decisions based on data

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Portfolio & Program Management
• Experience in managing large-scale programs/projects
• Experience in various Program Execution Methodologies (Agile & Waterfall)

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication, organization, presentation, and analytical skills
• Experience working with cross functional teams in a fast-paced environment
• High degree of leadership, motivation, autonomy in work, and organizational skills required
• PMP Certification

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.