Product Marketing Manager, AI Infrastructure & Software Ecosystem
About The Position
The Senior Product Marketing Manager for AI Infrastructure & Software Ecosystem will drive joint messaging, positioning, and go-to-market execution for Cisco’s integrated compute and software platforms across virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), and AI. The role connects Cisco compute with strategic partner ecosystems, including Nutanix and Red Hat OpenShift, and influences how enterprise customers modernize data centers, deploy containerized workloads, and scale private AI infrastructure. The position defines audience-specific value propositions and creates enablement to help global sales teams and channel partners compete effectively. It leads joint marketing strategy and campaigns with strategic partners, develops marketing assets, supports sales and channel enablement, coordinates product launches and campaigns across functions, and represents Cisco compute and partner solutions at industry and customer events. The role can be hybrid in San Jose, California; Austin, Texas; or RTP, North Carolina.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, and 8 or more years of experience in product marketing, solutions marketing, or technical marketing within enterprise technology.
- Experience developing, planning, and executing end-to-end product launches or go-to-market campaigns for enterprise B2B hardware, software, or cloud solutions.
- Experience marketing enterprise data center infrastructure, compute platforms, virtualization, cloud-native technologies, or hyperconverged infrastructure.
- Experience developing joint go-to-market 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, 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 working in matrixed cross-functional environments, bridging centralized marketing organizations with dedicated product and engineering business units.
- Experience using market research, customer win/loss data, and competitive telemetry to develop differentiated market positioning.
- Master of Business Administration or an advanced degree in a technical or business discipline.
Responsibilities
- Lead joint marketing strategy and campaign execution with strategic partners, including Nutanix, Red Hat, and ISVs, aligning roadmaps and joint value propositions across AI, virtualization, and edge computing.
- Create marketing content such as pitch decks, solution briefs, product videos, analyst validation reports, interactive digital content, and customer success stories.
- Work 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, coordinating execution across digital marketing, growth marketing, public relations, and events teams.
- Represent Cisco compute and partner solutions at industry conferences, customer executive briefings, webinars, and partner summits.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to eligibility and continued employment
- Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Employee birthday day off
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- Personal wellness days
- Flexible vacation time off for eligible exempt employees
- Paid vacation time for non-exempt employees
- Paid sick time
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional paid volunteer days
- Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
