The application window is expected to close on: February 25, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. 

San Jose, CA or remote - United States 

Meet the Team

Cisco is looking for a seasoned leader to join our Security, Data Center, Internet, and Cloud Infrastructure Product Marketing team as Senior Director of Market Strategy & Planning. As a globally connected, agile, and inclusive organization, our portfolio is both expansive and groundbreaking. Join an enterprise leader that fosters a start-up culture and is dedicated to driving innovation and creating meaningful impact.

Your Impact

In this senior role, you will be responsible for developing strategies to optimize targeting and performance for marketing activities by combining quantitative analysis with qualitative input from stakeholders and customers. This role spans the entire Cisco Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure portfolio and will require close collaboration with other business units (BU) as well. Your deep expertise in go-to-market strategy and Enterprise Infrastructure will be critical in guiding the direction of our marketing initiatives, enabling us to more efficiently drive business growth.

Analyze marketing performance: combine data and qualitative feedback to identify what’s working, what’s not, and areas of opportunity in generating and supporting pipeline to close.Drive strategic planning: use insights to help align targeting and content strategies to most efficiently deliver against pipeline and bookings targets supporting business growth.Closed-loop customer insights: bring insights from customer win-loss analysis to drive enhancements in messaging and targeting.Cross-functional alignment: drive the alignment across Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure Marketing, across BUs, and across the GTM function to deliver One Cisco outcomes. Minimum Qualifications:5+ years B2B go-to-market strategy2+ years in Networking, Enterprise Infrastructure and/or CybersecurityPreferred Qualifications:MBA#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. 

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. 

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! 

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