1451364 - Communications Director Supporting the Chief Automation Officer

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.