Director of Product Marketing Strategy - AI Infrastructure

Cisco is building the infrastructure foundation for the AI era and is seeking two senior product marketing leaders to join their team. These roles involve owning the product marketing strategy for Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio and driving alignment across various teams to translate technical capabilities into market value.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product marketing strategy for Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio
• Connect technical capabilities to the business outcomes customers require for AI workloads and AI-native applications
• Define the narrative, positioning, messaging, launch strategy, and sales enablement required to power secure, connected, AI-ready organizations
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Analyst Relations, and Communications to translate complex infrastructure innovation into market value
• Drive cross-functional alignment and equip the business to win with enterprise buyers and executives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or 19+ years of equivalent professional experience
• 15+ years of experience in B2B technology marketing
• 5+ years of experience in product marketing leadership specifically within enterprise infrastructure, networking, data center, cloud, security, or AI/ML platforms
• 5+ years of experience developing product positioning, messaging, go-to-market strategy, launch plans, and sales enablement assets for enterprise technology solutions
• 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 in 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, including white papers, executive narratives, and solution briefs for technical audiences
• Experience building and executing enablement programs for global sales organizations and channel partners
• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) in a relevant field