# Marketing Manager

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Austin, Texas
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $120,200.00 to $152,300.00
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Marketing Manager within Strategy, Planning & Operations at Cisco, you will serve as a strategic project and program manager dedicated to supporting Cisco's Partner Marketing leadership team.

You will lead end-to-end program governance, drive partner development fund allocation, build operational dashboards, and facilitate executive business rhythms.

Key responsibilities include:

- Program & Project Leadership: Define, plan, and govern complex cross-functional marketing programs from inception through delivery, managing schedules, scope, resource interdependencies, and stakeholder alignment.

- Partner Development Fund Orchestration: Manage the programmatic allocation, milestone tracking, and Proof of Performance (PoP) governance for multi-million-dollar partner co-marketing initiatives.

- Operational Dashboards & Analytics: Collaborate with Marketing Operations (MOps) and data teams to architect, deploy, and maintain real-time performance dashboards.

- Executive Business Reviews & Cadences: Drive the coordination, data consolidation, and executive storytelling for Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs/QBOs) and leadership staff meetings.

- Cross-Functional Matrix Alignment: Partner closely with Vice Presidents, Directors, Campaign Managers, Investment Operations, and Field Marketing leaders to resolve execution roadblocks.

- Continuous Process Optimization & AI Enablement: Identify workflow bottlenecks and opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to eliminate manual tasks.

Minimum Qualifications:

- 7+ years of professional experience in project management, program management, business operations, or strategy and planning within large, matrixed organizations.

- Experience independently managing end-to-end project schedules, scope definitions, resource plans, and cross-functional deliverables.

- Experience with data analysis, dashboard development, business reporting, and translating complex data into executive-level presentations.

- Hands-on experience with project management and collaboration platforms such as Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or Microsoft Project.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience working in marketing operations, partner marketing, alliance co-marketing funds, or corporate strategy.

- Experience leveraging AI-powered tools, generative AI, or workflow automation to improve business processes.

- PMP, PgMP, Agile/Scrum Master, or equivalent project/program management certification.

The starting salary range for this position is $120,200.00 to $152,300.00.

Benefits 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
- project management
- program management
- data analysis
- dashboard development
- business reporting

### Nice to have
- AI-powered tools
- generative AI
- workflow automation
- PMP
- PgMP
- Agile/Scrum Master

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