Cisco
Technical Marketing Engineering, Security Innovation
San Jose, California, US · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$191k-$281kDetected 5 days ago
AWSKubernetesMachine LearningProduct ManagementProduct StrategyCiscoLeadershipCollaborationMentoringPublic Speaking
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.
- Shape product strategy by providing field insights to product and marketing teams, ensuring alignment with customer needs and competitive positioning.
- Mentor and coach sales engineering teams to ensure alignment with Cisco's workload mobility and management product strategy and messaging during customer engagements.
Responsibilities
- As a Technical Marketing Engineer, you will work on high-impact technology that redefines how enterprises deploy and manage their most critical workloads in a competitive global landscape.
- Help to formulate and lead strategic initiatives that will drive the future direction of Cisco's strategy for mobility and management of datacenter workloads (legacy applications, modern applications, AI/ML) across all types of infrastructure (private and public clouds).
- Develop and strengthen key technology partnerships in the datacenter workload space, including public cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google) and local virtual infrastructure including hypervisors and Kubernetes kubevirt and influencing product integrations and go-to-market strategies.
- Ability to develop high-impact customer-facing content, including technical demos, presentations, and competitive analyses.
- 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.
- 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.
Nice to have
- Experience partnering with hyperscalers Strong technical leadership experience in defining product strategy for networking and security in cloud-native environments.
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and coaching technical sales teams, including leading enablement programs or structured training initiatives.
- Established presence in industry events, conferences, and thought leadership forums.
- 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.
- 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%
Compensation
- Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.
- The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
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.
- Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.
Company info
- $176,100.00 - $287,900.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
- Cisconians power the future.
- We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale.
- The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers - it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn.
- We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together.
- Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life's best work.
- Engage with enterprise customers, effectively communicating the value of Cisco's workload mobility tooling during all phases of the sales process, including EBCs, sales calls, competitive analysis, and helping the customer to build an internal business case.
- In this role you will: Engage with enterprise customers, effectively communicating the value of Cisco's workload mobility tooling during all phases of the sales process, including EBCs, sales calls, competitive analysis, and helping the customer to build an internal business case.
- At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond.
- These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
- We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
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