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Senior Product Marketing Manager For Ai Infrastructure & Software Ecosystem

This can be a hybrid role in the following locations: San Jose, CA, Austin, TX or RTP, NC.

We are the Product Marketing organization powering Cisco's Data Center, Cloud, and Infrastructure portfolio. Operating as a specialized, centralized Product Marketing team within Portfolio Management, we maintain a close, strategic dotted-line alignment to the engineering and business units building next-generation compute, AI infrastructure, and cloud operations platforms. Our mission is to accelerate customer adoption of AI-ready data centers by unifying computing, high-performance networking, distributed security, and cloud management into full-stack systems. We collaborate directly with premier technology partners-to translate complex hardware and software architectures into market-leading solutions, compelling storytelling, and high-impact Go-to-Market (GTM) motions that shape the future of enterprise infrastructure.

As a Senior Product Marketing Manager for AI Infrastructure & Software Ecosystem, you will drive the joint messaging, positioning, and Go-to-Market execution for Cisco's integrated compute and software platforms across virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and AI. In this role, you will be the bridge connecting Cisco's compute with strategic partner ecosystems like Nutanix and Red Hat OpenShift. Your work will directly influence how global enterprises modernize their data centers, deploy containerized workloads, and scale private AI infrastructure efficiently. By defining audience-specific value propositions and delivering high-caliber enablement, you will empower global sales teams and channel partners to win in competitive, fast-evolving markets.

• Joint GTM Strategy & Partner Alignment: Lead joint marketing strategy and campaign execution with strategic partners (Nutanix, Red Hat, and ISVs), aligning roadmaps and joint value propositions across AI, virtualization, and edge computing.
• Core Messaging & Asset Creation: Author and produce high-impact marketing content, including pitch decks, solution briefs, product videos, analyst validation reports, interactive digital content and customer success stories.
• Full-Funnel Sales & Channel Enablement: Partner with sales enablement to develop and validate field-ready sales kits, competitive positioning guides, objection-handling battlecards, and training modules for Cisco and partner sales forces.
• Product Launches & Campaign Execution: Drive end-to-end launch cycles for new joint solutions, orchestrating cross-functional execution across digital marketing, growth marketing, public relations, and event teams.
• Evangelism & Industry Presence: Serve as a subject matter spokesperson for Cisco compute and partner solutions at industry conferences, customer executive briefings, webinars, and partner summits.

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.

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