Product Marketing Manager AI Networking

Product Marketing ManagerJoin a high-velocity, engineering-aligned product marketing organization that sits at the intersection of AI infrastructure and data center networking. Our team collaborates deeply across product, engineering, integrated marketing, and sales to influence how Cisco shows up for AI infrastructure builders, operators, and partners shaping the future of AI-ready data centers. We are looking for a storyteller who loves engaging with technical audiences, and can translate complex innovations into narratives that resonate with developers, architects, and decision-makers alike.As a Product Marketing Manager supporting Cisco's AI-ready data center networking platforms, you will champion messaging, narratives, and content that help developers and operators adopt Cisco technologies with confidence. You will influence the way Cisco shows up in the AI ecosystem by collaborating with engineering, developer relations, technology partners, and cloud-native communitiesultimately shaping how customers build, optimize, and scale modern workloads.What You'll DoProduct Storytelling & PositioningCraft 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.Launch & GTM LeadershipDrive product launches across Data center networking platforms and partner solutionsAI 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.Partner & Ecosystem MarketingCollaborate 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.Thought Leadership & EvangelismPresent at external conferences, partner events, and analyst briefings.Establish Cisco as a leader in AI networking, cloud-native compute, and developer-first architectures.What Success Looks LikeDevelopers 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.Minimum Qualifications8+ 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.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 $145,000.00 to $182,800.00 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:+ 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees+ 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco+ Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)+ 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and 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 volunteerFor 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:+ .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;+ 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;+ 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%;+ Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.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: $145,000.00 - $210,200.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $129,000.00 - $187,000.00Cisco 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.