Product Marketing Manager - AI Networking

Cisco Systems, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

32d•$145,000 - $182,800•Remote

About The Position

Join a high-velocity, engineering-aligned product marketing organization that sits at the intersection of AI infrastructure and data center networking. Our team collaborates deeply across product, engineering, integrated marketing, and sales to influence how Cisco shows up for AI Infrastructure builders, operators, and partners shaping the future of AI-ready data centers. We are looking for a storyteller who loves engaging with technical audiences, and can translate complex innovations into narratives that resonate with developers, architects, and decision-makers alike. As a Product Marketing Manager supporting Cisco's AI-ready data center networking platforms, you will champion messaging, narratives, and content that help developers and operators adopt Cisco technologies with confidence. You will influence the way Cisco shows up in the AI ecosystem by collaborating with engineering, developer relations, technology partners, and cloud-native communities-ultimately shaping how customers build, optimize, and scale modern workloads.

Requirements

8+ years in Product Marketing, Product Management, DevRel, or Solutions Marketing, preferably in infrastructure, data center, or AI-focused companies.
Strong understanding of: Data center switching & fabrics, Network architectures for AI (RoCE, telemetry, congestion control, load balancing), Kubernetes, container networking, CNI/Cilium/eBPF, virtualization, Distributed AI/ML workloads, large language models, GPU networking
Proven ability to create technical content (demos, architecture diagrams, solution briefs, presentations, videos).
Excellent communicator able to present confidently to practitioners, executives, and partners.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field.

Responsibilities

Craft clear narratives that connect Cisco switching and data center architectures to real-world AI/ML, distributed training, inference and cloud-native use cases.
Translate technical innovations into value propositions that resonate across both technical and business audiences.
Create differentiated messaging against key industry trends, competitive approaches, and emerging open-source technologies.
Represent Cisco in forums where practitioners gather: GitHub, Slack/Discord communities, conferences, partner events, and webinars.
Drive product launches across Data center networking platforms and partner solutions-AI fabrics, accelerated networking, container networking, observability, and automation.
Develop crisp, compelling assets: solution briefs, demo scripts, blogs, videos, event talks, infographics, and partner co-marketing.
Collaborate with NVIDIA, Red Hat, hyperscalers, Kubernetes ecosystem partners, and observability platforms to define joint narratives.
Support integrations and partnerships relevant to AI workloads, container networking, Cilium/eBPF ecosystems, and distributed training stacks.
Present at external conferences, partner events, and analyst briefings.
Establish Cisco as a leader in AI networking, cloud-native compute, and developer-first architectures.

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
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.