Requirements

• Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 8 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience. Also requires 4+ years of supervisory experience.
• 10+ years of experience in outbound product management and go-to-market strategy for enterprise infrastructure, networking, data center, cloud, security, or AI/ML platforms.
• 7+ years of experience in developing product positioning, messaging, and launch plans for complex technology solutions.
• 5+ years of experience utilizing market data, customer insight, and campaign performance metrics to refine marketing strategies.

Preferred

• Exceptional executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and build alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Strong customer-facing presence, capable of translating technical roadmaps into compelling customer narratives and use cases.
• Deep understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads and what enterprises need to run them safely, securely, and at scale.
• Highly collaborative approach to partnering with product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams in fast-moving, ambiguous markets.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.