Cisco · 1 month ago
Product Marketing Manager – AI Networking
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$145K/yr - $183K/yr
8+ years expCisco is revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect in the AI era. The Product Marketing Manager will support Cisco’s AI-ready data center networking platforms by crafting narratives, leading product launches, and collaborating with partners to drive adoption of Cisco technologies.
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Responsibilities
Craft clear narratives that connect Cisco switching and data center architectures to real-world AI/ML, distributed training, inference and cloud-native use cases
Translate technical innovations into value propositions that resonate across both technical and business audiences
Create differentiated messaging against key industry trends, competitive approaches, and emerging open-source technologies
Represent Cisco in forums where practitioners gather: GitHub, Slack/Discord communities, conferences, partner events, and webinars
Drive product launches across Data center networking platforms and partner solutions—AI fabrics, accelerated networking, container networking, observability, and automation
Develop crisp, compelling assets: solution briefs, demo scripts, blogs, videos, event talks, infographics, and partner co-marketing
Collaborate with NVIDIA, Red Hat, hyperscalers, Kubernetes ecosystem partners, and observability platforms to define joint narratives
Support integrations and partnerships relevant to AI workloads, container networking, Cilium/eBPF ecosystems, and distributed training stacks
Present at external conferences, partner events, and analyst briefings
Establish Cisco as a leader in AI networking, cloud-native compute, and developer-first architectures
Developers can understand, build, and operate AI workloads on Cisco switching and DC solutions with less friction
Cisco shows up credibly in external forums, not just traditional enterprise channels
Messaging resonates with practitioners and reflects what they actually run in production (Kubernetes, distributed training and inference, observability pipelines, GPU networking, etc.)
Workstreams across engineering, ecosystem partners, and integrated marketing stay aligned through clear, compelling storytelling
Qualification
Required
8+ years in Product Marketing, Product Management, DevRel, or Solutions Marketing, preferably in infrastructure, data center, or AI-focused companies
Strong understanding of: Data center switching & fabrics, Network architectures for AI (RoCE, telemetry, congestion control, load balancing), Kubernetes, container networking, CNI/Cilium/eBPF, virtualization, Distributed AI/ML workloads, large language models, GPU networking
Proven ability to create technical content (demos, architecture diagrams, solution briefs, presentations, videos)
Excellent communicator able to present confidently to practitioners, executives, and partners
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
Flexible vacation time off program
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies
Performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary
Company
Cisco
Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products. It is a sub-organization of Cisco Press.
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Chuck Robbins
Chair and CEO
Carl Solder
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