Leader Product Marketing Compute HW Portfolio

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Create compelling messaging, positioning, and marketing content to support the data center market offer.
• Drive market narrative for the compute portfolio within Secure AI Factory, AI Pods, and DC modernization sales motions.
• Lead a team of product marketers managing strategic bets from core to edge.
• Drive GTM efforts with strategic silicon vendors to maximize market momentum and ROI.
• Translate technical concepts into compelling value propositions for tech-savvy buyers.
• Develop customer-facing presentations reflecting customer needs and use cases.
• Lead major product launch efforts and category creation initiatives.
• Develop and lead analyst engagement to secure leader rankings in Gartner MQ and other reports.
• Represent Cisco compute portfolio at major events, delivering SME content for keynotes, demos, and messaging.
• Collaborate with hardware product teams on roadmap discussions and GTM planning.
• Coordinate with the integrated marketing team on campaigns, webinars, blogs, and thought leadership content.
• Implement a video-first storytelling approach highlighting capabilities, features, and business value.
• Present to internal and external audiences at conferences, events, and analyst engagements.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product marketing or management roles, with expertise in data center products, compute, generative AI, large language models, hyperconverged and converged infrastructure, virtualization, Kubernetes, containerization, configuration, and automation tools.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science; MBA preferred.
• Experience leading product marketing in top-tier infrastructure or data center solutions technology companies.
• Proven ability to develop and execute demand generation, sales enablement, content marketing, and digital marketing strategies.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present to diverse audiences.
• Deep understanding of the AI landscape and modern data center architectures.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently with minimal direction.

Nice to Have

• Expertise in categories such as data center hardware including compute, networking, and storage.
• Deep knowledge of the AI landscape and related architectures.
• Ability to quickly understand ecosystems, markets, industries, buyers, and competition.
• Experience working in highly matrixed organizations and collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science.
• Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in product marketing or management roles.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary range ($170K - $264K annually).
• Paid holidays, including up to twelve days per year and a floating holiday.
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and volunteer days.
• Performance-based incentive pay for sales roles with detailed incentive structure.