As a Product Marketing Manager for Cisco infrastructure and security products, you will be spearheading strategic initiatives such as development of positioning and messaging, amplification of product innovations through launches and announcements, creation of content at the product and solution level, and strategic efforts with analysts and market influencers to align our product and GTM strategy with the needs of our customers

• Define Strategy for Tier One Initiatives: Collaborate with product, marketing, and executive leadership to set the strategic objectives, messaging strategy, success metrics, and integrated campaign frameworks
• Create Tier One Messaging & Content: design and build select messaging to maximize our voice in the market and ensure alignment across other content
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: develop strategic marketing plans and lead virtual launch teams across marketing, product, sales, comms, operations, and more — ensuring each team is aligned, resourced, and executing toward shared goals
• Provide Strategic Direction: Set the strategic tone, priorities, and guardrails for launch workstreams; ensure consistent narrative, sequencing, and customer experience across touchpoints
• Manage strategic initiatives: Act as the central orchestrator of launch efforts, ensuring visibility, accountability, and progress across all contributors without owning direct execution
• Executive Communications & Reporting: Communicate launch plans, milestones, and outcomes to senior leadership; facilitate executive reviews and decision-making
• Create & Maintain Launch Frameworks: Improve how we launch by refining scalable processes, tools, and playbooks for Tier One GTM excellence
• Ensure Launch Cohesion & Readiness: Monitor dependencies, identify risks, and resolve misalignment to keep all parts of the launch moving in sync and on schedule
• Post-Launch Optimization: Facilitate retrospectives, assess performance against objectives, and drive ongoing learnings across the org
• 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

As a member of the Cisco Infrastructure and Security Product Marketing team you will partner across Cisco’s larger marketing organization, Product Management, Engineering, and Sales to lead the strategy and cross-functional orchestration of our most business-critical initiatives

• 5+ years of experience leading B2B programs in product marketing, event marketing, or related marketing roles
• BS/BA in Business, Marketing, Communications or related field (or equivalent) required
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with high attention to detail and organizational skills
• Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to drive decisions and measure impact

Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and aligning multiple stakeholders

Experience in the enterprise technology sector, especially in data center, networking, cloud, or AI-driven solutions

• The starting salary range posted for this position is $133,200.00 to $168,800.00 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 volunteer
• 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: .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%; and
• 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