Responsibilities

• Lead the product marketing strategy for Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio, connecting technical capabilities to the business outcomes customers require for AI workloads and AI-native applications.
• Define the narrative, positioning, messaging, launch strategy, and sales enablement required to power secure, connected, AI-ready organizations.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Analyst Relations, and Communications to translate sophisticated infrastructure innovation into market value.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and equip the business to win with enterprise buyers and executives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or 19+ years of equivalent professional experience.
• 15+ years of experience in B2B technology marketing.
• 5+ years of experience in product marketing leadership specifically within enterprise infrastructure, networking, data center, cloud, security, or AI/ML platforms.
• 5+ years of experience developing product positioning, messaging, go-to-market strategy, launch plans, and sales enablement assets for enterprise technology solutions.

Preferred

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50% of the time.
• Experience working directly with product and engineering teams to translate technical roadmaps into customer-facing value propositions.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving sales, marketing, and executive stakeholders.
• Proficiency in utilizing market data, customer insights, and campaign performance metrics to report on strategy effectiveness.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50% of the time.
• Experience in creating and executing go-to-market strategies for category-defining technology.
• Direct experience managing and influencing distributed, global teams.
• Demonstrated history of delivering thought leadership content, including white papers, executive narratives, and solution briefs for technical audiences.
• Experience building and executing enablement programs for global sales organizations and channel partners.
• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) in a relevant field.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• - 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