Technical Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Wireless

Summary

Cisco is a networking and technology company providing platforms and products that connect, secure, and manage digital infrastructure. The Technical Product Marketing Manager will support the Cisco Wireless portfolio by shaping go-to-market strategy, developing technical positioning and content, and collaborating with product, sales, customer, and marketing teams. The role also involves delivering demonstrations, creating web content, driving demand-generation activities, and representing Cisco Wireless at industry events.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep expertise with Wi-Fi and other wireless standards, spanning a portfolio of hardware, software, and machine learning technology. Collaborate across Product and Market Strategy teams to develop clear messaging and technical positioning that puts customer outcomes first
• Create compelling technical product content and thought leadership to engage with the largest enterprise customers in the world. Deliver compelling and concise demonstrations of key product capabilities and use cases, live and recorded, and lead web content creation that accelerates customer understanding, interest, and purchase intent for Cisco Wireless solutions
• Serve as a trusted technical and market authority while working with the wider marketing team on go-to-market and demand-generation activities. Bring structure to complex or ambiguous initiatives, proactively identifying what needs to happen and working across teams to drive decisions and outcomes. Take the stage and evangelize Cisco Wireless at industry events

Skills

• This position will require up to 25% travel
• 4+ years of professional experience in Technical Product Marketing, Product Management, Solutions Engineering, Technical Marketing Engineering, Network Operations, or related enterprise technology roles
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise wireless networking
• Experience developing technical marketing content and demonstrations, such as presentations, solution briefs, blogs, white papers, technical guides, or sales enablement materials
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Marketing, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki, cloud-managed networking, or enterprise wireless LAN environments
• Experience with wireless machine learning, analytics, assurance, or network-management capabilities
• Experience developing differentiated product messaging and positioning across products and solutions, including identifying and evangelizing unique, compelling customer value propositions
• A track record of high-quality writing, editing, and thought leadership for technical, executive, practitioner, and business audiences, including published work
• Experience influencing product, engineering, support, sales, customer, and creative teams to develop unified messaging, competitive enablement, and go-to-market assets
• Experience speaking at industry events or webinars and supporting enterprise or partner/channel sales motions

Qualifications

Must Haves

• This position will require up to 25% travel
• 4+ years of professional experience in Technical Product Marketing, Product Management, Solutions Engineering, Technical Marketing Engineering, Network Operations, or related enterprise technology roles
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise wireless networking
• Experience developing technical marketing content and demonstrations, such as presentations, solution briefs, blogs, white papers, technical guides, or sales enablement materials
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Marketing, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki, cloud-managed networking, or enterprise wireless LAN environments
• Experience with wireless machine learning, analytics, assurance, or network-management capabilities
• Experience developing differentiated product messaging and positioning across products and solutions, including identifying and evangelizing unique, compelling customer value propositions
• A track record of high-quality writing, editing, and thought leadership for technical, executive, practitioner, and business audiences, including published work
• Experience influencing product, engineering, support, sales, customer, and creative teams to develop unified messaging, competitive enablement, and go-to-market assets
• Experience speaking at industry events or webinars and supporting enterprise or partner/channel sales motions

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• Medical, dental and vision insurance for U.S. employees, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday
• Paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 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 a 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 the hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to 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