Director of Product Marketing - Launch Strategy

Cisco Systems, Inc.•San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Cisco is seeking a strategic leader and compelling storyteller with a visionary outlook to drive strategy and multi-functional execution for our most prominent product launches and events, ensuring our most significant innovations reach a global audience. You'll work hand-in-hand with Product Management, Revenue Marketing, Sales, and Engineering, crafting the future of Cisco by solving complex challenges and architecting solutions and messaging that move the business forward. This is a fast-paced, high-stakes environment where you will work closely with executive leadership and influence decisions at the highest levels. If you excel in high-visibility, high-impact roles and enjoy leading through ambiguity, this is your chance to create a lasting impact on Cisco's Data Center and Mass-Scale Infrastructure business, Security business, and the company as a whole. Your Impact As the central driver for Cisco's Tier One GTM launches and events, you will unify cross-functional teams, set strategic direction, and orchestrate high-visibility initiatives that shape Cisco's market presence. By aligning stakeholders and guiding execution-not by owning every task, but by ensuring cohesive collaboration-you will enable flawless launches and events that influence key outcomes. In this highly visible role, your leadership will drive clarity amid complexity, elevate Cisco's most important moments, and foster continuous improvement across teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience.
Minimum of 15 years of experience in product marketing, product management, or a related field within the technology industry.
At least 5 years of experience leading cross-functional teams or managing large-scale product launches.
Minimum of 5 years of experience developing and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies for enterprise technology products or services.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience with executive-level messaging and C-suite presentations
Outstanding interpersonal skills and attention to detail
Proven track record of collaborating with executive leadership and multi-functional teams (e.g., product, sales, marketing, engineering).
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a portfolio or examples of high-impact storytelling or messaging.
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Unify cross-functional teams
Set strategic direction
Orchestrate high-visibility initiatives that shape Cisco's market presence
Align stakeholders and guiding execution
Enable flawless launches and events that influence key outcomes
Drive clarity amid complexity
Elevate Cisco's most important moments
Foster continuous improvement across teams

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.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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

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