Cisco

Director, Product Marketing - AI Growth Strategy - Full Stack

Cisco$233K — $330K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 15 years of experience or Master's with 12 years, or PhD with 8 years in related fields.
  • Minimum 10 years in outbound product management and go-to-market strategy within enterprise infrastructure or related domains.
  • 7+ years in developing product positioning and launch plans for complex tech solutions.
  • 5+ years of experience leveraging market data and campaign metrics to refine marketing strategies.
  • 4+ years in a supervisory role.

Responsibilities

  • Drive outbound product marketing strategy for AI infrastructure.
  • Define narrative, positioning, and messaging that aligns with business outcomes.
  • Translate complex infrastructure innovations into customer use cases and strategic plans.
  • Align cross-functional teams to convert capabilities into demand and pipeline.
  • Measure success through effective executive communication and scalable enablement for sellers.
  • Influence senior leaders and craft a clear go-to-market strategy.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model with flexibility for onsite and remote work.
  • Opportunity to impact Cisco's leadership position in the AI domain.
  • Access to professional development resources for ongoing learning.
  • Engagement with leading-edge technologies in the AI infrastructure space.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 09/01/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Director, Product Marketing - AI Growth Strategy - Full Stack | San Jose, CA (or other US locations) | Hybrid

Your Impact

As the Director of Product Marketing for AI Infrastructure, you will drive the outbound product marketing strategy, connecting technical 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 infrastructure helps organizations build the secure, high-performance foundation required for the AI era. By translating complex infrastructure innovation into crisp customer use cases and strategic plans, you will align cross-functional teams and convert capabilities into demand, pipeline, and customer confidence. 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 infrastructure value. This is a high-influence role where your strategic planning and customer-facing expertise will directly impact Cisco's position as a leader in the AI era.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 8 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience. Also requires 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 in 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 what enterprises need to run them safely, securely, and at scale.
  • Highly collaborative approach to partnering with product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams in fast-moving, ambiguous markets.

About Cisco

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Founded
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