Product Marketing Manager, AI Infrastructure & Software Ecosystem

Cisco • San Jose, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are the Product Marketing organization powering Cisco's Data Center, Cloud, and Infrastructure portfolio. Operating as a specialized, centralized Product Marketing team within Portfolio Management, we maintain a close, strategic dotted-line alignment to the engineering and business units building next-generation compute, AI infrastructure, and cloud operations platforms. Our mission is to accelerate customer adoption of AI-ready data centers by unifying computing, high-performance networking, distributed security, and cloud management into full-stack systems. We collaborate directly with premier technology partners-to translate complex hardware and software architectures into market-leading solutions, compelling storytelling, and high-impact Go-to-Market (GTM) motions that shape the future of enterprise infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, combined with 8+ years of experience in product marketing, solutions marketing, or technical marketing within enterprise technology
• Experience in developing, planning and executing end-to-end product launches or go-to-market (GTM) campaigns for enterprise B2B hardware, software, or cloud solutions.
• Experience marketing enterprise data center infrastructure, compute platforms, virtualization, cloud-native technologies, or hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI).
• Experience developing joint go-to-market (GTM) programs, co-branded marketing collateral, or launch campaigns with strategic ISV and technology ecosystem partners (such as Nutanix, Red Hat, or VMware).
• Experience creating technical B2B marketing deliverables, including solution overviews, customer-facing slide decks, white papers, messaging frameworks, and/or sales enablement collateral.
• Experience presenting technical product concepts and business value propositions at customer briefings, webinars, industry events, or partner conferences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience navigating matrixed cross-functional environments, bridging centralized marketing organizations with dedicated product and engineering business units.
• Experience utilizing market research, customer win/loss data, and competitive telemetry to construct differentiated market positioning.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or an advanced degree in a technical or business discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead joint marketing strategy and campaign execution with strategic partners (Nutanix, Red Hat, and ISVs), aligning roadmaps and joint value propositions across AI, virtualization, and edge computing.
• Author and produce high-impact marketing content, including pitch decks, solution briefs, product videos, analyst validation reports, interactive digital content and customer success stories.
• Partner with sales enablement to develop and validate field-ready sales kits, competitive positioning guides, objection-handling battlecards, and training modules for Cisco and partner sales forces.
• Drive end-to-end launch cycles for new joint solutions, orchestrating cross-functional execution across digital marketing, growth marketing, public relations, and event teams.
• Serve as a subject matter spokesperson for Cisco compute and partner solutions at industry conferences, customer executive briefings, webinars, and partner summits.

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
• 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 employees)
• flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
• 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
• performance-based incentive pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior