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Meet the Team:You will join a high-octane, cross-functional leadership team dedicated to defining the future of AI at Cisco. This role sits at the intersection of innovation and execution, collaborating daily with AI Product Marketing, Field Marketing, Demand Generation, PR, and Analyst Relations. We are a team of builders who value "Thinking Really Big" and "Driving Durable Growth." You will report into Marketing Leadership and serve as a critical bridge between our technical product capabilities and our global go-to-market (GTM) strategy, ensuring that Cisco's AI narrative is both credible to developers and essential to enterprise buyers.
Your Impact:As Director of AI Marketing, you are the architect of our AI pipeline and market presence. You will:
Own the AI Growth Engine: Take full accountability for the AI marketing pipeline, defining the strategy to hit sourced and influenced targets while managing the operating cadence across all channels.
Lead "Agent Next" Initiatives: Design and execute flagship executive summits that convene the world's top AI leaders, customers, and practitioners to shape the future of agentic-AI.
Bridge the Developer-Buyer Gap: Develop a sophisticated two-pronged strategy that builds deep credibility with AI developers through technical engagement while educating enterprise executives on business value, governance, and adoption.
Scale Global Activations: Own the AI event strategy across four core global conferences, turning market moments into measurable pipeline through rigorous invite and follow-up motions.
Influence the Industry: In partnership with Analyst Relations and PMM, you will shape the narratives that define Cisco's position in the AI ecosystem, ensuring our differentiation is clear to the world's leading influencers and analysts.
Minimum Qualifications:To be considered for this role, candidates must meet the following objective criteria:
- Experience: 12+ years of professional experience in B2B technology marketing.
- Domain Expertise: Minimum of 3 years of experience marketing AI, developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software.
- Pipeline Management: 3+ years of experience owning and managing a marketing pipeline or revenue-based performance targets.
- Leadership: 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams or large-scale integrated marketing programs (e.g., events, demand gen, and PR).
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:- Advanced AI Knowledge: Deep understanding of agentic-AI, model operations (LLMs), AI governance, and the emerging AI observability market.
- Strategic Events: Proven success in designing high-touch executive programs or customer summits for C-suite audiences.
- Analyst Relations: Experience directly shaping narratives for major industry analyst evaluations (e.g., Gartner Magic Quadrants or Forrester Waves).
- Technical Fluency: Ability to translate complex technical AI capabilities into compelling, differentiated market narratives for both practitioners and business buyers.
- Innovation Mindset: Hands-on experience using AI tools to optimize marketing workflows and team productivity.
- Communication: Exceptional cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence Sales, Product, and Executive leadership.
