Product Marketing Manager AI Networking

Product Marketing Manager

Join 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.

Product Storytelling & Positioning

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.

Launch & GTM Leadership

Drive 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 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.

Thought Leadership & Evangelism

Present 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 like :

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

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.

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. 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.