Director, Technical Marketing Engineer

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  • Location:
    San Jose, California, US
  • Alternate Location
    Anywhere in U.S.
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    230100 USD - 325300 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking
  • Job Id
    1438014
Application window is being extended and is expected to close on August 8, 2025.

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

Meet the Team

Join Cisco's Enterprise Switching team and help shape the future of management platforms and user experiences for enterprise networks. Collaborate with engineers, designers, sales, and marketing professionals to solve real-world challenges for leading global brands, making complex networking technology simpler, more intuitive, and more efficient. In partnership with the Sr. Director of Product Management and Technical Marketing, this role works closely with diverse teams across Cisco's business units, fostering multi-functional collaboration and driving the development of innovative, customer-focused product strategies. By leading a highly skilled and energetic team of Technical Marketing Engineers (TMEs), the group is committed to advancing innovation and delivering outstanding customer success with the Catalyst 9000 hardware and software portfolio.


Your Impact

As part of the Catalyst 9000 switching business, the focus is on driving innovation and encouraging disruptive thinking by developing and executing visionary product strategies that challenge industry standards. The team plays a pivotal role in sales enablement and go-to-market activities, ensuring that Cisco's Catalyst 9000 products and solutions deliver maximum value to customers.

Championing the integration of Artificial Intelligence, Security, and Sustainability across Cisco's switching portfolio, the group helps craft future-ready solutions that address evolving customer needs. By orchestrating initiatives aimed at delivering superior end-to-end customer experiences, the organization adapts with agility and excellence to dynamic client requirements.

Multi-functional partnerships guide the organization toward its business goals and market transitions. Insights into market trends, customer needs, and driven dynamics advise strategic product direction and fuel the ongoing evolution of the portfolio.

Building and maintaining strong relationships with key customers and collaborators helps position Catalyst 9000 as the industry-leading switching solution and reinforces Cisco's role as a trusted advisor and innovation leader in the networking space.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Strong background and expertise in campus networking technologies
  • Solid understanding of security technologies and their application in networking environments
  • Proven record to cultivate collaboration across business units and functional silos
  • Expertise in enhancing customer experiences and building positive relationships through innovative solutions
  • Strong technical foresight and business insight with a focus on data-driven decision-making and financial metrics

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in enterprise technical marketing and leadership roles
  • Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence technologies and their applications in networking
  • Proven expertise in secure network design, segmentation, and software-defined architectures
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align complementary teams
  • Passion for encouraging a culture of excellence and innovation within high-performing teams

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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