Product Marketing Director - Cisco Collaboration Devices
Cisco Systems
- San Jose, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the overall messaging and strategy for the Cisco Collaboration Devices portfolio including Room Devices, Desk Devices, Phones, Headsets and other devices.
- Assess and analyze market data, trends, customer needs and competitors to build differentiated product positioning, messaging and narratives for targeted market segments and personas.
- Work closely with product management and Cisco marketing support teams to develop market launch plans including an awareness (press, social, digital, analyst), product launch collateral, sales enablement content, demand programs, and event tactics.
- Drive the messaging and presentations for the Collaboration executive leadership team at events to ensure Webex is differentiated form the competition and positioned as a leader in the collaboration space.
- You will have 15 years of proven experience in B2B marketing in the tech industry with collaboration, IT, app and SaaS experience with a focus on product marketing and sales enablement.
- Experience working in Collaboration Devices industry preferred.
- End-to-end marketing experience (from strategy to execution), working across different functional teams (Product Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Field) and marketing subject areas (digital, social, events, partner, etc.) from strategy through execution
- Outstanding communication (verbal, written and graphical) and interpersonal skills while working with different teams and levels across the company
- Creative sensibility, a high-quality bar, and the ability to drive execution on time for every marketing program.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, communicate clearly, think conceptually, implement effectively, take care of ambiguity, drive clarity, works under pressure and lead multiple projects, in some cases, across multiple time zones
- Organizational agility and strong partner management and cross-group collaboration skills will be critical to success, which demonstrated the ability to implement through an influence model.
- An experienced and hardworking leader with strong personnel leadership skills that fosters positive morale, team professional growth and delivers results.
- Experience with hardware, software and/or services, complex portfolio migrations and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business models preferred.
- BA/BS in communications, marketing, engineering or related field preferred.