Director, Product Marketing, AI Growth Strategy - Networking

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 networking-first view to turn deep infrastructure innovation into a clear market narrative, differentiated positioning, and go-to-market strategy.

About the role

As the Director of Product Marketing for AI Infrastructure, you will drive the outbound product management strategy, connecting networking 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's networking infrastructure helps organizations build the secure, high-performance foundation required for the AI era.

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 networking and infrastructure solutions, and equip the business to win with enterprise buyers, partners, analysts, and executives.

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 networking value.

Responsibilities

• Drive the outbound product marketing strategy for Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio, connecting technical capabilities to business outcomes for AI workloads and AI-native applications.
• Define narrative, positioning, messaging, launch strategy, and sales enablement to power secure, connected, AI-ready organizations.
• Translate complex networking innovation into crisp customer use cases and strategic plans to align cross-functional teams and convert capabilities into demand, pipeline, and customer confidence.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Analyst Relations, and Communications to shape category-defining stories and launch high-impact solutions.
• Equip sellers and partners to articulate Cisco's AI networking value through scalable enablement programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree + 15 years of related experience, Master’s + 12 years, or PhD + 8 years (or equivalent 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 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 enterprise requirements for running them safely, securely, and at scale.
• Highly collaborative approach to partnering with product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams in fast-moving, ambiguous markets.
• 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 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 (white papers, executive narratives, solution briefs for technical audiences).
• Experience building and executing enablement programs for global sales organizations and channel partners.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness.
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period).
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program (no defined limit, subject to business limitations).
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours carried forward annually.
• Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues.
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.
• Eligibility for annual bonuses (non-sales roles) and performance-based incentive pay (sales roles).

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $233,900.00 to $330,400.00 (U.S. and Canada locations), not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and training.

Full salary ranges for specific U.S. locations:

• New York City Metro Area: $233,900.00 - $380,000.00
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $220,900.00 - $344,300.00

For sales roles, the ranges include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.