1451364 - Communications Director Supporting the Chief Automation Officer
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Location:San Jose, California, US
Alternate LocationUnited States
Area of InterestMarketing and Communications
Compensation Range230000 USD - 289800 USD
Job TypeProfessional
Technology Interest*None, AI or Artificial Intelligence
Job Id1451364
This role is expected to be posted for applications through October 28, 2025. Posting may come down sooner if sufficient number of qualified applicants are received. To be considered for this role, you must be based in the Bay Area and willing to go into our San Jose office 5 days per week.
Meet the Team
Cisco's Automation & AI Center designs and implements a unified enterprise AI framework across the company to unlock its true potential and deliver value to our customers, partners, and employees. Specifically, this team shapes and executes Cisco's enterprise-wide data and AI strategy, ensuring alignment with ethical, regulatory, and business objectives and driving innovation while mitigating risk. Cisco's Automation & AI center bridges vision and execution, preventing fragmented efforts, eliminating redundancies, and increases adoption and trust in AI across the enterprise. This role is critical to Cisco's continued leadership, ensuring our technology not only powers our business but sets the standard for our customers and the industry worldwide. ?
Your Impact
As Director of Communications, you will play a central and pivotal role in shaping Cisco's future by directly partnering with the Chief Automation Officer and leadership team. You will drive the communications strategy and execution for Cisco's Automations & AI Center, acting as the face of Cisco's Enterprise AI to both internal and external audiences. Your impact will be to translate complex business and technical ideas into compelling narratives, positioning the organization at the heart of Cisco's critical priorities, inspiring employees, and influencing the technology industry through strategic storytelling and consistent, impactful messaging.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of skills and experience
15+ years of communications experience, with deep expertise in executive communications and strategic storytelling
4+ years of supervisory and team leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications
Must be based in the Bay Area and work onsite in San Jose 5 days a week.
Demonstrated success in creating engaging content for diverse audiences (employees, customers, partners, executives, external stakeholders).
Strong visual and written communication skills, with expertise in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities with high-quality, timely execution.
WeAreCisco
WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.
Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
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 haveaccess (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/careers/we-are-cisco/benefits-and-perks.html) 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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