AI Program Manager

Product Marketing Manager

Cisco is building the infrastructure foundation for the AI era, bringing together networking, security, observability, automation, and operations to help customers move AI from experimentation to enterprise-scale production. The Product Marketing organization plays a critical role in translating this innovation into compelling customer stories, differentiated positioning, and go-to-market execution.

Your Impact

You will lead cross-functional programs that strengthen how Cisco positions, communicates, and brings its portfolio to market. You will partner with Product Marketing, Product Management, Sales, Corporate Marketing, and other key stakeholders to advance high-impact initiatives, evolve product and portfolio messaging, and ensure Cisco's value is clearly and consistently communicated to customers and partners. Your work will help connect Cisco's strategy and innovation to compelling market narratives and go-to-market execution.

Success in this role requires a strong program leader who can translate strategic priorities into actionable programs, align diverse stakeholders, and manage complex initiatives from strategy through execution. You will establish program governance, drive clarity across priorities and dependencies, measure business outcomes, and identify opportunities to strengthen Cisco's external presence. This is an opportunity to help shape how Cisco communicates its vision, differentiates its portfolio, and brings innovative solutions to market.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will be the driving force behind Cisco's AI infrastructure portfolio, leading cross-functional, customer-facing programs from initial strategy through to successful execution. You will serve as a central partner across Product Marketing, Product Management, Sales, and Corporate Marketing, ensuring our go-to-market priorities are not only met but accelerated. By managing program plans, governance, risks, and dependencies, you will provide clear executive reporting and translate high-level strategic goals into measurable, real-world outcomes. As a highly organized leader who thrives in ambiguity, you will identify key opportunities to strengthen Cisco's market presence and customer impact. Your ability to communicate effectively across technical and business audiences, combined with a data-driven, curious mindset, will be essential in navigating complex initiatives and delivering solutions that resonate with our customers and define our future in the AI space.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of program or project management experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology, AI, product marketing, or go-to-market programs.
• Program management skills may include planning, governance, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and/or executive reporting.
• Experience reviewing success measures and tracking business outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication and influencing skills across technical, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience supporting Sr. Director, VP or SVP level leaders.

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.