Senior Director, AI Marketing

Senior Director of AI Marketing

You will join a high-octane, cross-functional leadership team dedicated to defining the future of AI s role sits at the intersection of innovation and execution, partnering closely with AI Product Marketing, Field Marketing, Demand Generation, PR, Analyst Relations, and other teams across Marketing. You will report into Marketing Leadership and help connect our technical product capabilities with our global go-to-market (GTM) strategy, working with established team owners to strengthen the credibility and relevance of Cisco's AI narrative for developers and enterprise buyers.

As Senior Director of AI Marketing, you will be a senior cross-functional partner helping advance our AI pipeline and market presence. You will:

• Advance the AI Growth Engine:
  Partner with demand generation, field, product marketing, and other channel owners to develop and execute integrated AI marketing strategies that contribute to sourced and influenced pipeline targets and align operating cadences across relevant programs.
• Contribute to "Agent Next" Initiatives:
  Collaborate with events, executive engagement, product marketing, and other stakeholders to design and execute flagship summits that convene AI leaders, customers, and practitioners and advance the conversation around agentic AI.
• Help Bridge the Developer-Buyer Gap:
  Work with developer, product, and enterprise marketing teams to connect technical engagement with executive education on business value, governance, and adoption.
• Support Global Activations:
  Partner with event and regional marketing teams on AI activations across four core global conferences, helping translate market moments into measurable pipeline through coordinated audience, invite, and follow-up motions.
• Contribute to Industry Influence:
  In partnership with Analyst Relations, Product Marketing, PR, and other narrative owners, contribute insights and programs that reinforce Cisco's position and differentiation in the AI ecosystem with influencers and analysts.

To be considered for this role, candidates must meet the following objective criteria:

• Experience:
  
  12+ years of professional experience in B2B technology marketing.
• Domain Expertise:
  Minimum of 3 years of experience marketing AI, developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software.
• Pipeline Management: 3+ years of experience contributing to and measuring marketing pipeline or revenue-based performance targets in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Leadership: 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives or large-scale integrated marketing programs in collaboration with functional owners (e.g., events, demand generation, and PR).
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or a related field.

• Advanced AI Knowledge:
  Deep understanding of agentic-AI, model operations (LLMs), AI governance, and the emerging AI observability market.
• Strategic Events:
  Proven success in designing high-touch executive programs or customer summits for C-suite audiences.
• Analyst Relations:
  Experience partnering with Analyst Relations and Product Marketing to support narratives for major industry analyst evaluations (e.g., Gartner Magic Quadrants or Forrester Waves).
• Technical Fluency:
  Ability to translate complex technical AI capabilities into compelling, differentiated market narratives for both practitioners and business buyers.
• Innovation Mindset:
  Hands-on experience using AI tools to optimize marketing workflows and team productivity.
• Communication:
  Exceptional collaboration and influence skills, with the ability to work effectively across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Executive leadership.