Senior Communications Manager – AI & Tech

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. invites applicants for a Communications Manager role within the Silicon One team, shaping internal and external messaging for AI-era hardware platforms powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products.

You will coordinate thought leadership content, manage editorial calendars, and partner with product and marketing teams to ensure a consistent executive voice and scalable content workflows across a global organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's + 8 years of related experience in communications, marketing operations, content operations, business operations, or a related discipline.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
• Experience managing communications calendars, publishing workflows, stakeholder reviews, or recurring executive and employee communications.
• Experience administering content repositories or knowledge-management systems, including versioning, tagging, archiving, and search or discoverability.
• Previous experience leading a workstream, coordinating professional contributors, or serving as a team lead or supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Silicon One’s thought leadership content strategy—driving alignment to our business priorities, market moments, and advancements in AI technologies and solutions.
• Develop and execute cross-functional planning functions throughout the year ranging from strategic business planning, events integration, executive communications, and marketing campaigns.
• Bring clarity and cohesion of process to our most strategic narratives—from AI to infrastructure to the future of secure compute
• Shape and strengthen our executive voice through consistent application of messaging and positioning across channels and platforms.
• Manage the content creation lifecycle: from intake and drafting to review coordination, stakeholder feedback, and publishing.
• Partner with product, marketing and broader communications teams to source inputs, align messaging, maintain editorial quality, and drive planning efficiencies.

Skills

Communications

Marketing operations

Content operations

Business operations

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Communications/PR/Journalism/Marketing

Tools

SharePoint

Content libraries

Workflow tools

AI-assisted content creation

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. invites applicants for a Communications Manager role within the Silicon One team, shaping internal and external messaging for AI-era hardware platforms powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products.

You will coordinate thought leadership content, manage editorial calendars, and partner with product and marketing teams to ensure a consistent executive voice and scalable content workflows across a global organization.