At Cisco, we securely connect the world to help our customers deliver delightful, resilient digital experiences, from secure, agile networks that support hybrid work to workspaces that accelerate sustainability and health. Our industry-leading networking platforms and rich portfolio of LAN, WAN, security, and IoT products are changing the way CIOs build, secure, and optimize connected experiences.To help us accelerate this mission and connect with customers in more meaningful ways, Cisco Marketing is seeking a Group Product Marketing Manager to support our Cisco Routing and SD-WAN portfolios.As a leader on the Cisco Product Marketing team, you will help shape marketing strategy, define programs and execution across product lines, and build a best-in-class product marketing team.What you'll do:
Develop expertise across the Cisco Routing, SD-WAN, and SASE portfolios - from hardware and security integrations to AI-native assurance - with the goal of helping our customers build scalable, resilient experiences
Collaborate across Routing, SD-WAN and other Cisco Product and Marketing teams to develop a comprehensive messaging strategy across Cisco Networking Cloud
Lead competitive positioning and messaging initiatives to extend Cisco’s leadership
Guide strategic planning and focused execution plans to fuel the organization’s growth
Serve as a trusted technical and marketing leader, contributor, and author while working with the wider marketing team on go-to-market and demand generation activities
Speak on behalf of Cisco to customers, at events, and with the analyst community
Build a diverse, collaborative, and high performing team of product marketers
Mentor, actively coach and collaborate with other Cisco product marketers
Who you are
You have 8+ years of experience in networking or cloud-managed IT, gained through Product Marketing, Product Management, Technical Marketing, or Sales
You have 5+ years of management experience leading technical, marketing or sales professionals with a track record for program execution, individual and team development
You have experience articulating the value of advanced technical concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the context of solving customer experience or business challenges
You have an outstanding ability to explain value and benefits derived from technical concepts to all types of audiences
Bachelor's Degree required, Master’s Degree or MBA preferred
Experience working in the IT, networking, SaaS, or mobility industry a plus
You are willing to travel as needed, up to 25% envisioned
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.