Leader, Cisco Routing and SD-WAN Product Marketing - Cisco Systems, Inc.

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