Director of Product Marketing Strategy - AI Infrastructure
About The Position
Cisco is building the infrastructure foundation for the AI era, encompassing networks, data centers, security, observability, automation, and operations capabilities. The company is seeking two senior product marketing leaders to drive the product marketing strategy for Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio. These roles are remote, based in the United States, and require significant travel (approximately 30–50% of the time). The leaders will connect technical capabilities to business outcomes for AI workloads and AI-native applications, defining the narrative, positioning, messaging, launch strategy, and sales enablement. They will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Analyst Relations, and Communications to translate infrastructure innovation into market value and equip the business to succeed with enterprise buyers.
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.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead the product marketing strategy for Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio.
- Connect technical capabilities to business outcomes for AI workloads and AI-native applications.
- Define the narrative, positioning, messaging, launch strategy, and sales enablement.
- Translate sophisticated infrastructure innovation into market value.
- Drive cross-functional alignment.
- Equip the business to win with enterprise buyers and executives.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Analyst Relations, and Communications.
Benefits
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short-term disability coverage
- long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
- 80 hours of sick time off
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
- restricted stock units
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
