The application window is expected to close on 12/19/2024Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.Traveling is required 20% of the time.Remote United StatesMeet the TeamThe team is responsible for product and solutions marketing for Data Center.Your ImpactAs AI accelerates innovation, data centers are evolving to handle the exponential growth in workloads, requiring sophisticated infrastructure, greater efficiency, and powerful technologies like GPUs and high-performance networks. This transformation demands agility, scalability, and creativity, especially in how we communicate these advancements to the world. Cisco is hiring a solutions marketing manager with excellent storytelling skills and deep market insights. You will be responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies that drive awareness, demand, and adoption of our solutions for data center modernization. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, sales, and engineering. Your role will involve understanding market trends, customer needs, and competitive dynamics to position our solutions successfully. Key Responsibilities:
Define Differentiators: Work closely with product management, engineering, and the field to identify and articulate the outstanding value propositions of Cisco Data Center solutions including networking, compute, security and observability, ensuring they are communicated and understood by the target audience.
Develop Core Solution Messaging: Craft compelling and consistent messaging around the differentiators that align with the overall solution strategy and resonate with customers and partners, both business and technical decision-makers.
Collaborate with Product Marketing Managers to translate core messaging into engaging content that drives the customer journey, including webinars, and product launches.
Content creation: Produce high-quality marketing materials, including white papers, case studies, blog posts, and presentations.
Customer engagement: Engage with customers and partners to capture feedback and insights to inform marketing strategies.
You are an experienced and dynamic product or solutions marketing manager with a strong background in the data center sector. You possess extensive knowledge of Generative AI and its progressive effects on networking, computing, and security. With a talent for translating complex technical concepts into compelling marketing messages, you are a strategic problem solver with excellent communication and project management skills. You have a proven track record of collaborating effectively across various teams—such as product management, engineering, marketing, and field teams—to achieve significant results. Our minimum requirements:
5+ years in product and solutions marketing, including experience in Data Center
Training in AI and GenAI
Preferred qualifications:
Experience working with data center networking, compute
Familiarity with ML training and inference, especially with large language models
A strong mix of technical and business skills - comfortable in engaging across marketing, engineering, and product management teams
MBA
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