Early-Career Product Specialist/Manager, Norway

About the role

Cisco's Collaboration Devices organization has a development center in Lysaker, Norway, where teams across UX, business, industrial design, software and hardware engineering and product management build workplace collaboration solutions. As an Early-in-Career Product Manager, you will own parts of a product or software area from discovery through delivery, in a fast-moving, software-focused environment. The role suits someone with initial industry experience who wants to grow quickly; the start date is August 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Drive parts of a product or software area from discovery through delivery, partnering with engineering and design teams.
• Define product requirements and priorities using customer insights, usage data and market understanding.
• Engage directly with customers to understand needs, validate solutions and gather feedback.
• Shape product positioning and messaging with Product Marketing.
• Work in agile teams, contributing to backlog prioritization, iteration planning and continuous delivery.
• Help build intelligent workplace experiences powered by AI and emerging agentic workflows.
• Translate customer problems into clear product outcomes and measurable success metrics.
• Collaborate across software, UX, data and go-to-market teams in a global environment, supporting launches and continuous improvement.

Required profile

• 1-2 years of experience in product management, software delivery or a related role (engineering, business analysis, product development).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Development, Business or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Eligible to work and live in Norway without visa sponsorship.
• Preferred: experience with collaboration, SaaS or AI-enabled products, and curiosity about AI-driven products and agentic systems.

Required skills

• Experience or strong exposure to software product development and agile ways of working.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Preferred: understanding of agile, experimentation and data-informed decision making, and strong collaboration across cultures and time zones.