Director of Marketing, Cisco Industrial IoT Networking

This role is expected to be posted through December 2, 2025. Posting may come down sooner pending applicant pool status. Candidate must be based on the West Coast in the United States or be willing to work PST hours to support the business.

Meet the Team

At Cisco, we're shaping the future of digital experiences through secure, AI-powered connectivity. Our innovative networking platforms and AI-driven portfolio empower businesses to thrive in a connected, resilient world. As part of our Cisco Marketing organization, you'll join a dynamic team leading the Industrial IoT Networking portfolio-helping top global brands build flexible, secure, and efficient industrial networks. Join us to drive product marketing strategy, elevate our brand, and make an industry-wide impact.

Your Impact

In this role, you will drive significant impact by developing deep expertise in Cisco's Industrial IoT Networking portfolio and helping customers build scalable, resilient networks. You'll collaborate across the enterprise networking business to shape cohesive messaging and lead product marketing, competitive positioning, and demand generation to reinforce Cisco's market leadership. As a visible industry representative, you'll influence perception at key events and with analysts, while also building and mentoring a high-performing marketing team, fostering innovation, and developing Cisco's next generation of marketing leaders.

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in networking or industrial environments, gained through Product Marketing or Integrated Marketing

• 5+ years of management experience leading full-stack marketing teams with a proven track record in program execution and team development

• Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent combination of skills and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience articulating the value of advanced technologies and technical concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)to solve customer or business challenges

• Exceptional ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Comfortable driving initiatives independently while also mentoring and coaching others

• Experience working in the IT, networking, SaaS, or mobility industry preferred

• Willing to travel as needed, up to 25% envisioned

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which 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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.