Director, Product Marketing - AI Growth Strategy - Full Stack
About The Position
Cisco is building the infrastructure foundation for the AI era: the networks, data centers, security, observability, automation, and operations capabilities customers need to move AI from experiments to production at enterprise scale. We are seeking a senior product marketing leader who can take a full-stack view to turn deep infrastructure innovation into a clear market narrative, differentiated positioning, and go-to-market strategy. This leader will help customers understand why Cisco is uniquely positioned to power secure, connected, AI-ready organizations across the entire technology stack. You will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Analyst Relations, Communications, and partner teams to shape category-defining stories, launch high-impact infrastructure solutions, and equip the business to win with enterprise buyers, partners, analysts, and executives. As the Director of Product Marketing for AI Infrastructure, you will drive the outbound product marketing strategy, connecting technical capabilities to the business outcomes customers need as they modernize for AI workloads. You will define the narrative, positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy that show how Cisco infrastructure helps organizations build the secure, high-performance foundation required for the AI era. By translating complex infrastructure innovation into crisp customer use cases and strategic plans, you will align cross-functional teams and convert capabilities into demand, pipeline, and customer confidence. Your success will be measured by your ability to frame the market, align executives and product leaders through clear executive communication, and deliver scalable enablement that equips sellers and partners to articulate Cisco's AI infrastructure value. This is a high-influence role where your strategic planning and customer-facing expertise will directly impact Cisco's position as a leader in the AI era.
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.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Drive the outbound product marketing strategy, connecting technical capabilities to the business outcomes customers need as they modernize for AI workloads.
- Define the narrative, positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy that show how Cisco infrastructure helps organizations build the secure, high-performance foundation required for the AI era.
- Translate complex infrastructure innovation into crisp customer use cases and strategic plans.
- Align cross-functional teams and convert capabilities into demand, pipeline, and customer confidence.
- Frame the market.
- Align executives and product leaders through clear executive communication.
- Deliver scalable enablement that equips sellers and partners to articulate Cisco's AI infrastructure value.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- grants of Cisco restricted stock units
- 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
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- 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
- annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
