Sr. Director, Platform and AI Product Marketing job in San Jose
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San Jose, California - CA Cisco
| Job Ref: | 2008637 |
| Employer: | Cisco |
| Category: | Product Marketing |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
| Salary and Benefits: | USD 280,100.00 - 384,800.00 per year |
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| State: | California - CA |
| City: | San Jose |
| Map: | United States, California , San Jose (Show on map) |
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The application window is expected to close on: 03/12/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Candidates must be US based and able to work in the US without sponsorship and be willing to work PST hours. Meet the Team This product team is passionate about driving the transformation toward future-proofed workplaces by uniquely integrating networking, collaboration, and security. Cisco is currently seeking a Senior Director of Product Marketing to lead the Platform and AI portfolios. This senior leadership role involves driving the global marketing strategy, execution, and impact of these critical portfolios. The person in this role will develop high-impact marketing programs, elevate Cisco's brand, and build a world-class product marketing team that sets industry standards. This position will be pivotal in accelerating Cisco's mission to deepen customer connections and deliver market-leading technology with a category-defining narrative adopted by major global brands across industries. Your Impact The Sr. Director of Product Marketing for Cisco's Platform and AI portfolios will have a significant impact by building and evolving the overarching narrative for Cisco's unified platform and innovative AI networking solutions, addressing key strategic market drivers such as AI, sustainability, economic conditions, security, and the future of work. This leader will develop deep expertise across Cisco's networking portfolios-including hardware, security integrations, and assurance-to help customers build scalable and resilient networks. You will own the messaging and positioning strategies, translating sophisticated portfolio capabilities into compelling narratives that resonate with customer needs and business outcomes. Collaborating across multiple product and marketing teams, you will craft a cohesive messaging strategy that accelerates the networking portfolio's growth. Additionally, you will represent Cisco at major industry events and with analysts to build industry perception. This role also involves building and developing a diverse, high-performing product marketing team, actively mentoring the next generation of product marketers to foster teamwork and innovation, thereby driving measurable impact and growth for Cisco's networking and AI solutions in a rapidly evolving market landscape. Incumbent must be and experience leader and demonstrate expertise in messaging, positioning, and content creation for customers and field to cover unified platforms, AI investments, and ROI for simplified operations and to drive scale across networking product marketing. Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Why Cisco? At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $280,100.00 to $384,800.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area: $280,100.00 - $442,600.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $267,600.00 - $390,300.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements. | |
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