Director, Internal Communications

Your Impact: Develop and lead strategic internal communications. Connect AI vision, technology strategy, business priorities, organizational transformation, and employee experience to Cisco's broader AI journey. Advise and influence senior leaders. Serve as a trusted communications partner to executives, shaping compelling narratives, keynotes, town halls, leadership presentations, and high-stakes communications that bring complex strategies and innovations to life. Translate complex technology into compelling narratives. Simplify sophisticated AI, engineering, research, cloud, networking, and platform concepts into clear, engaging narratives that resonate with employees, strengthen alignment, and inspire action. Transform communications through AI and innovation. Modernize how content is built, personalized, distributed, and measured by using GenAI, automation, analytics, new technologies, and intelligent content workflows to improve speed, relevance, quality, and scale. Drive employee listening and engagement. Lead Voice of the Employee and listening strategies, using employee sentiment, engagement data, organizational insights, and AI-powered analytics to identify emerging themes, inform communications, and continuously improve the employee experience.

Minimum Qualifications: 12+ years of experience in internal, executive, technology or product, communications, ideally within a global technology company or high-growth technology environment. AI-forward attitude and fluency, with a strong understanding of how AI is transforming technology, the workplace, employee experience, and the communications function, along with willingness to experiment with emerging AI technologies. Experience leading communications for complex and technical ground-breaking organizations, with exposure to AI, engineering, software, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, or related technology domains. Executive communications and advisory experience, with the ability to influence senior leaders, navigate highly matrixed organizations, and translate business and technology strategy into compelling narratives. Exceptional storytelling, content creation, and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts into clear, differentiated, and engaging narratives. Experience developing compelling content across multiple formats and channels, including executive communications, town halls, digital platforms, social media, video, and other employee engagement experiences. Preferred Attributes Experience in an AI startup or mid-sized technology company, bringing an entrepreneurial attitude, agility, and a hands-on approach to developing communications strategies, creating compelling content, and amplifying emerging technologies and innovations. Experience using Gen AI, data, analytics, automation, and digital platforms to modernize communications, accelerate content creation, strengthen employee engagement, and generate actionable organizational insights. Strong executive presence and strategic influence, with experience serving as a trusted thought partner to senior engineering, product, research, and business leaders and communicating effectively in high-stakes environments.