Product Director - AI Knowledge Graph & Intelligent Data Pro
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Overview
Job Description
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Product Director - AI Knowledge Graph & Intelligent Data Pro
At Splunk, now part of Cisco,we’reredefining how machine data powers the AI-driven enterprise. Cisco Data Fabric connects, contextualizes, and activates data across hybrid environments, fueling agentic AI and trusted, enterprise-grade intelligence.
We’reseekingaproductDirectorto lead the roadmap and strategy formachine dataKnowledge Graph and Intelligent Data Processing, integrating Spark-powered processing with semantic graph intelligence. This role sits at the heart of Splunk’s Data Fabric and Machine Data Lake initiativesdriving how telemetry becomes knowledge and powering AI-native experiences across Security, Observability, and IT domains.
About the Role
This IC-level Product Director will define and deliver theAI Knowledge Graph platform,the intelligence layer that connects machine data, metadata, and semantics for reasoning agents and contextual analytics.You’llintegrate this with our Spark-based processing layer to enable graph-enriched vector search, RAG pipelines, and agentic AI workflows at scale.
This role is focused onAI, graph, and metadata intelligence, anddistributed Spark data processingto operationalize the knowledge graph for high-scale AI use cases.
Key Responsibilities
Define the AI Knowledge Graphproduct strategyacross Splunk’s DataFabric,contextualizingtelemetry, metadata, and semantics into a machine-intelligence foundation.
Drive theproduct strategy and roadmapfor graph-enabled data processing, reasoning, and enrichment pipelines integrated with Spark-based workloads.
Buildsemantic linking between telemetry, topology, assets, and business entities, enabling context-aware AI and multi-agent reasoning.
Partner with engineering and architecture teams tointegrate graph and vector datainto AI pipelines,enabling retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), intelligent federation, and AI-native observability.
Lead product definition forgraph schema, ontology management, and metadata catalog integration, ensuring interoperability with open standards and Splunk-managed repositories.
Definedata processing and enrichment workflowsemployingSpark for scalable ingestion, transformation, and embedding creation.
Collaborate cross-functional(AI/ML, data platform, federated analytics, and security) to translate CDF strategy into technical product outcomes.
Ensure alignment with Cisco’s AI ecosystem,bridging machine data with enterprise context for trusted AI operations.
Qualifications
15+ years of product management experience, including 5+ years in AI, knowledge graph, or data platform leadership.
Deep understanding of AI/ML systems, graph-based reasoning, LLM integration (RAG, agents), and ontology-driven metadata models.
Experience with Spark or distributed data processing frameworks supporting AI pipelines and large-scale graph operations.
Strong technical fluency in vector databases, graph stores, knowledge representation, and hybrid semantic search.
Preferred Qualifications
Proven ability to partner closely with engineering and architecture to translate vision into scalable, production-grade systems.
Exceptional communication skills—able to articulate how machine data becomes knowledge, and knowledge becomes AI-driven action.
Experience withLang Chain,Graph RAG, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, or RDF/OWL frameworks.
Familiarity with Cisco AI ecosystem, Splunk MCP, or federated data architectures.
A backgroundin observability, security, or enterprise data intelligenceis a strongplus.
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 $225,000.00 to $325,300.00 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:
$225,000.00 - $374,100.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$208,600.00 - $330,000.00* 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.
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