Cisco Senior Director Product Marketing 

United States, California, San Jose 

554332832

The application window is extended and expected to close on: March 20th, 5 PM ET.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

As Senior Director, Product Marketing AI, you have a strong mix of product marketing, technology, people leadership, and GenAI domain competence, coupled with strategic vision and proven execution. You will mentor senior product marketers and work cross functionally with other marketing and product teams across Cisco to promote AI based product offerings.

• Develop expertise across Cisco’s AI Software and Platform portfolio.
• Collaborate closely with Networking, Security, and other Cisco Product and Marketing teams on unified Cisco AI messaging.
• Lead competitive positioning and messaging initiatives to reinforce and extend Cisco’s market leadership.
• Guide planning and execution to fuel growth and drive impact across the Sales, Marketing, and Channel organizations.
• Serve as a trusted authority on the AI portfolio, customers, and business—driving impact through writing, speaking, and thought leadership—while guiding go-to-market and demand generation initiatives.
• Represent Cisco at customer engagements, events, within the analyst community, and with media, positioning the company as a leader in the industry.
• Lead a diverse, high-performing product marketing team, driving collaboration and excellence.
• Mentor and coach fellow product marketers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth.

• You have proven experience in security and/or AI, across Product Marketing, Product Management, Technical Marketing, or Sales Engineering.
• You have 5+ years of management experience, leading technical, marketing, product or sales engineering teams with a proven track record in execution and team development.
• You hold a Bachelor's Degree (technical preferred), with a Master’s or MBA being a plus.
• Proven experience articulating the value of advanced infrastructure and technologies like AI and ML to solve customer and business challenges.

• You excel at conveying technical concepts and their business value to diverse audiences.
• You are open to travel as needed (up to 25%)
• Bachelors + 17 years or Masters + 14 years or PhD + 10 years of related experience in IT, networking, Enterprise SaaS, or Security industry.

We offer extensive employee benefits including unlimited PTO, 10 paid volunteering days, paid birthday off, 401k match with NO vesting, generous health/dental/vision benefits and much more.