# Senior Director of Product Marketing for Networking Platforms, Assurance & Ecosystem

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: San Jose, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $284,700.00 - $390,900.00
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Cisco Networking is changing how customers build, secure, and operate increasingly complex, distributed networks.

As Senior Director of Product Marketing for Networking Platforms, Assurance & Ecosystem, reporting to the VP of Networking Product Marketing, you will lead global market strategy, positioning, and messaging for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio at the core of Cisco’s networking business.

Your organization will own product marketing across the networking platform, assurance, and ecosystem,including Cisco Cloud Control and its AgenticOps capabilities, network management experiences such as Cisco (Meraki) Dashboard and Catalyst Center, ThousandEyes, marketplace and API capabilities, MCP interfaces, technology partners, and the Cisco DevNet community.

You will shape how these capabilities come together in real practitioner workflows, with customer evidence that demonstrates their value.

You will also lead vertical messaging that brings the portfolio story to life for customers in different industries.

You will partner with Networking product SVPs, GMs, engineering, and global go-to-market leaders to understand product direction and business priorities, then set how Product Marketing positions and brings the portfolio to market.

You will align the story to Cisco Networking’s priorities: Cisco Cloud Control as the operating surface for Networking, world-class campus networking led by wireless, and security fused into the network.

You will bring technical depth and an understanding of practitioner workflows to customer evidence, partner programs, and practical guidance that show how teams can put the capabilities to work and improve outcomes.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Experience leading product marketing for a global enterprise technology portfolio, ideally in networking, cloud infrastructure, observability, or software platforms, including portfolio positioning and go-to-market strategy.

- Experience leading multi-tier, globally distributed teams, including people managers, and aligning teams around shared priorities and execution.

- Technical fluency in enterprise networking and software platforms, with the ability to engage with practitioners and make complex architectures and capabilities clear to customers.

- A record of setting portfolio strategy and leading global launches with product and engineering leaders, sales, field teams, and channel partners, connecting marketing to customer outcomes and adoption.

- Bachelor’s degree and 17+ years of related experience, or Master’s degree and 14+ years of related experience, or PhD and 10+ years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience across enterprise networking domains such as campus and wireless, branch, data center, cloud, assurance, or observability.

- Familiarity with AI-driven network operations, AgenticOps, or agentic workflows, including the importance of trusted and governed actions.

- Experience taking platform and ecosystem capabilities to market through APIs, MCP interfaces, marketplaces, developer communities, or technology partners.

- A track record of channel- or partner-led go-to-market, including enabling partners to build services and demonstrate customer outcomes.

- Experience shaping vertical messaging for different industries and communicating with executive customers, analysts, or industry audiences.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $284,700.00 to $390,900.00 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.

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.

## Skills

### Required
- product marketing
- networking
- cloud infrastructure
- software platforms
- portfolio positioning
- go-to-market strategy
- team management
- technical fluency
- enterprise networking

### Nice to have
- AI-driven network operations
- AgenticOps
- agentic workflows
- APIs
- MCP interfaces
- marketplaces
- developer communities
- technology partners
- channel- or partner-led go-to-market
- vertical messaging

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