# PR Manager for the Office of the CTO

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Syracuse, New York
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,100.00 to $163,800.00
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As PR Manager for the Office of the CTO, you'll shape how the world understands Cisco's most forward-thinking innovation,from quantum computing breakthroughs to the emerging internet of agents.

You'll operate at the intersection of cutting-edge research, open source strategy, and product innovation, telling stories about the hidden technologies and transformative shifts that define Cisco's future.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Strategic Storytelling & Discovery: Serve as a discovery engine for emerging narratives around Cisco's research innovations, open source contributions, and platform strategy,identifying white-space storytelling opportunities and translating complex technical breakthroughs into clear, audience-relevant narratives.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Partner with research, product, product marketing, and communications teams to align on narrative direction and ensure storytelling opportunities are identified and elevated early.

- Media Relations: Proactively build and nurture relationships with top-tier business, technology, trade and new media covering AI, quantum, distributed systems, developer topics and emerging infrastructure.

- Campaign Management: Own end-to-end campaign execution for launches and strategic initiatives,from strategy through measurement.

- Strategic Counsel: Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to product, product marketing, and executive leadership.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- 7+ years of experience in public relations, communications, or marketing (with at least 3 years in a PR or external communications role).

- Domain expertise in enterprise B2B technologies,particularly experience covering or communicating about networking, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, open source, emerging compute, or AI.

- Proven ability to synthesize complex technical information and translate it into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences.

- Track record of building relationships with media, analysts, and influencers; demonstrated ability to secure coverage in relevant publications.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Background at a tech company, or research-focused organization,where you've navigated rapid pivots, worn multiple hats, and moved fast with incomplete information.

- Experience in quantum computing, AI research, or infrastructure innovation,or demonstrated hunger to learn and build expertise in these spaces.

- Experience in communications roles with open source strategy and/or developer communities.

**Benefits:**

- Medical, dental and vision insurance

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution

- Paid parental leave

- Short and long-term disability coverage

- Basic life insurance

- Paid time away (vacation, holidays, sick time)

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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## Skills

### Required
- public relations
- communications
- marketing
- enterprise B2B technologies
- networking
- cloud infrastructure
- cybersecurity
- open source
- emerging compute
- AI

### Nice to have
- quantum computing
- AI research
- infrastructure innovation
- open source strategy
- developer communities

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