Cisco
Director, Editorial Strategy
Remote - California, USA · Director · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$290kDetected 2 hours ago
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About the role
- The application window is expected to close on: 08/07/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
- At the heart of that transformation is Editorial Strategy.
- This newly created function serves as the front door for all owned storytelling.
Responsibilities
- Own Cisco's Editorial Strategy
- Develop and own Cisco's editorial strategy, translating business priorities into a proactive editorial agenda.
- Lead the editorial direction for Story Lab, the Cisco Newsroom, blogs, and future owned media experiences.
- Lead Editorial Planning & Prioritization
- Create transparency around priorities, tradeoffs, and resource allocation.
- Build Editorial Governance
- Design Cisco's editorial governance framework and operating model.
- Partner with Visual Storytelling to establish shared editorial and creative standards across every owned storytelling experience.
- Develop planning processes, quality standards, and decision-making frameworks that improve consistency while increasing speed.
- Build an AI-Native Editorial Organization
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience leading editorial strategy, digital publishing, journalism, owned media, enterprise content, or related disciplines.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives within complex, matrixed organizations.
Nice to have
- Experience working in a modern newsroom, digital publisher, media company, or owned media organization.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled editorial workflows.
- Strong understanding of audience-first storytelling, digital publishing, SEO, newsletters, analytics, and emerging content platforms.
- Experience leading enterprise-wide content transformation initiatives.
- Passion for experimentation, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Success in Your First Year
- Within your first 12 months, you will:
- Establish Editorial Strategy as the trusted front door for all owned storytelling.
Compensation
- Build and lead annual, quarterly, monthly, and sprint-based editorial planning.
Benefits
- 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.
- 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 of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.
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