Product Marketing Manager (Networking and Security) - Opportunity for Working Remotely

Company: VMware
Location: Reston
Posted on: November 20, 2022

Job Description:

Why the Networking and Advanced Security Business Group?
Join the Networking and Advanced Security Business Group (NASBG) to help VMware become THE leader in the emerging security and networking space. Product Marketing plays a meaningful role in driving solutions into the marketplace by understanding the current market environment and developing a strategy to drive customer and industry awareness of the benefits of VMware's Security and Networking solutions. Our team is looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager (PMM) with a background in security and cloud networking technologies to focus on the strategy, messaging, and positioning of VMware's NASBG portfolio for campaigns and moments.
Why you matter:
As a Senior Product Marketing Manager (PMM) in NASBG, you will lead cross-functional teams, setting the vision for go-to-market strategy, monitoring key performance indicators, understanding the dynamics of both direct and channel sales, and influencing many teams towards common goals. You will also be responsible for driving the marketing strategy, positioning, messaging, field enablement , and evangelism for your solutions. PMMs focused on our fast-growing portfolio understand the optimal methods and tactics to take our solutions to market with initiatives around ecosystem go-to-market, thought leadership, and sales specialist engagement. You will need to work closely with groups like product management, engineering, global marketing, field sales, and channel sales teams.
What you will do:

• Influence long-term strategies while concurrently driving today's business results and execution
• Own the core positioning and messaging across customers and use-cases for NASBG portfolio
• Develop strategy and execute plans to capitalize on industry moments with compelling content to engage our target audience
• Develop strategy and execute plans to achieve thought leadership in emerging product domains
• Design and deliver crisp sales and partner enablement to facilitate consultative selling for targeted use cases
• Deliver key storylines, differentiators, and value propositions to the field and key partners
• Work with a cross-functional team (e.g. sales, marketing, product management, engineering, communications)
• Create and drive innovative initiatives to enable awareness and adoption of the NASBG portfolio
  What you will bring:
  
  • At least 4+ years of work experience across product management, product marketing, or management consulting directly related to the enterprise software technology industry
  • Cloud, SaaS, network management, and security experience are highly desired
  • Proven analytical abilities and critical thinking. Demonstrated ability to develop creative and non-traditional solutions
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to translate technology features into business benefits.
  • Extensive experience interacting with and presenting to C-level executives
  • Experience enabling or engaging with enterprise-class sales teams, alliances teams, and channels
  • Highly accountable, strategic thinker, self-starter, and proven great teammate in a fast-paced and achievement-oriented environment
  • Bachelor's in engineering, computer science (Masters a plus) or related industry experience, MBA preferred
    This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry.
    Category : Marketing
    Subcategory: Product Marketing
    Experience: Manager and Professional
    Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
    Posted Date: 2022-11-01
    VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what's possible today at http://careers.vmware.com.
    Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.

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