Account Executive - AI Defense

About the role

At Cisco AI Defense, we are at the forefront of the next cybersecurity revolution. As part of Cisco's global mission to connect and protect, our team is dedicated to building the intelligent, automated infrastructure vital to secure an increasingly sophisticated digital world. We believe that innovation is not just about keeping pace with change-it is about anticipating the threats of tomorrow and neutralizing them today. We are a team of bold and relentless problem-solvers who accept the challenge of securing the AI era, working at the intersection of industry-leading networking and innovative machine learning. What We Do We empower organizations to thrive in a world of unprecedented digital risk. Our focus is on delivering AI-driven defense solutions that transform how security teams detect, analyze, and respond to sophisticated cyber threats. By maximising the massive scale of Cisco's data intelligence and the precision of advanced AI, we provide our customers with proactive visibility and autonomous protection that scales effortlessly. As an Account Executive, you will be the link between our groundbreaking technology and the enterprises that rely on us to safeguard their future. You will help our partners navigate the evolving threat landscape, translating complex security challenges into resilient, AI-powered strategies that ensure their business continuity and peace of mind. Meet The Team The Cisco AI Defense team serves as a specialized group of trusted advisors, bridging the gap between latest AI innovation and robust enterprise security. By collaborating directly with CISOs, CTOs, and AI/ML leadership, we empower organizations to navigate the complexities of the AI threat landscape with confidence. We bring deep technical proficiency in adversarial AI mitigation, secure model deployment, and AI-driven security architectures. We combine intelligence on emerging threats with a rigorous understanding of industry governance and compliance, ensuring that our customers' AI pipelines remain resilient against evolving risks. Our solutions lead the full AI security lifecycle-from identifying critical vulnerabilities and conducting high-scale adversarial testing to delivering comprehensive defensive strategies. Beyond customer engagement, we act as a vital feedback loop to Cisco's product development teams. By sharing real-world insights from the front lines, we directly influence product roadmaps, ensuring that Cisco's solutions remain adaptive, innovative, and perfectly aligned with the security needs of our customers.

Responsibilities

• As an Account Executive in Cisco's AI Defense initiative, you will serve as the primary architect of our customers' security transformation, turning complex challenges into resilient, business-enabling strategies. This will include:
• Strategic Advisory & C-Suite Engagement:
• Being a Trusted Advisor: Cultivate executive-level relationships, positioning Cisco as the definitive partner for secure AI transformation by providing industry-leading insights into AI-specific risks.
• Architecting Resilience: Steer customer perspectives toward cohesive, cross-architectural AI security frameworks that integrate seamlessly with existing cybersecurity and data governance standards.
• Industry Authority: Establish yourself as an inspiring leader, leveraging deep expertise in adversarial AI, model-poisoning threats, and emerging compliance needs to shape long-term account strategies.
• Driving Impact & Innovation
• Deal Evolution: Influence Cisco's most significant AI security engagements by developing pipeline, participating in complex negotiations, developing technical proposals for resilient AI infrastructure, driving deal execution, and client acquisition.
• Product Evolution: Act as the voice of the customer to our Engineering teams. Your sustained feedback will directly influence product roadmaps, ensuring our offerings remain ahead of adversarial tactics and market shifts.
• Market Strategy: Synthesize competitive intelligence to refine our Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies, aligning resource allocation with revenue objectives to maximize our defensive impact.
• Operational Excellence
• Scenario Planning: Lead threat-modeling narratives and long-range security forecasting, overseeing the development of security-focused bills of materials to ensure comprehensive protection.
• Cross-Architectural Collaboration: Work as a hyper specialist across Cisco's broader portfolio to integrate AI security into the fabric of our enterprise solutions, amplifying account team effe

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Additional Information

The application window is expected to close on: 07/11/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Ideal candidate will be located in Raleigh; Denver or Chicago, however; will also consider candidates in the Remote US

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