Partner Marketing Specialist

The application window is expected to close on: 11/19/2026Meet the Team Cisco's Global Partner Program Marketing team plays a critical role in how we communicate, engage, and enable our global partner ecosystem. As Cisco advances the Cisco 360 Partner Program, our team translates complex program updates, incentives, and strategic initiatives into clear, compelling communications that help partners understand opportunities and take action. We collaborate across Global Partner Programs, Regional Channel Marketing, Digital Marketing, and cross-functional teams to deliver consistent, impactful messaging across global channels. Join a team that is redefining partner communications through creative storytelling, digital innovation, and AI-powered content development.

Your Impact Develop and execute partner-facing communications strategies and launch plans that drive awareness, engagement, and adoption of Cisco partner programs, incentives, and initiatives. Create compelling, audience-specific content across emails, newsletters, program announcements, social media, webinars, and marketing collateral, translating complex technical and program information into clear, actionable messaging that communicates value to partners. Own the development of partner enablement materials, including FAQs, quick reference guides, presentations, and campaign assets, while collaborating with subject matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery. Leverage generative AI tools to accelerate content ideation, drafting, and optimization while applying editorial oversight to maintain Cisco's brand voice, messaging standards, and content quality. Manage multiple communications initiatives and stakeholder review cycles to deliver coordinated, high-impact communications across Cisco's global partner ecosystem.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in B2B marketing communications, copywriting, content marketing, or partner/channel marketing.
• Experience developing and editing marketing communications across multiple formats, including email campaigns, newsletters, social media, program announcements, and marketing collateral.
• Experience translating technical, financial, or program-related information into clear, audience-specific marketing content.
• Experience using generative AI tools to support content creation, editing, research, or marketing workflow optimization.
• Experience managing communications projects, content development timelines, and stakeholder review processes across multiple deliverables.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in partner or channel marketing within the technology, networking, cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise software industries.
• Knowledge of partner ecosystems, including reseller and distributor programs, channel incentives, partner certifications, or deal registration processes.
• Experience developing communications and launch materials for global partner programs, product launches, or enterprise marketing initiatives.
• Experience using enterprise content management systems, social publishing platforms, and collaboration tools such as Microsoft 365 or Webex.
• Experience developing presentation materials, visual marketing collateral, and AI-assisted content workflows within established brand and editorial guidelines.

Why Cisco? 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. 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:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $86,900.00 to $110,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. 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.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 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

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

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. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area: $103,900.00 - $151,400.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $91,900.00 - $134,100.00

• 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.