| Location: | Cambridge, MA, US | Posted Date: | 2016-03-29 00:00:00.0 | ||
| Category: | Product Marketing | ID: | 49646 |
Overview:
About the Job
Akamai is seeking a Product Marketing Manager with the creativity, vision, drive, and experience to execute go-to-market and sales enablement activities for Akamai’s Web Division. Areas of focus would include Akamai’s new Cloudlets Product Category and Akamai Web Performance Solutions.
About the Team
The Product Marketing Manager will work closely with product management, marketing, communications, and sales to ensure the proper market offerings and messaging for the products. This position will work as part of an experienced global team of product marketers responsible for all Akamai products and will gain visibility to products within and outside of the Web Performance portfolio.
Responsibilities:
* Help influence and execute Product Marketing go-to-market in line with Cloudlets business plan
* Plan and execute market launch activities for new Web Experience products as they become available for sale
* Create case studies, sales communications, presentations, competitive tools and training for sales
* Guide the vision and creation of Akamai’s customer facing value reports with critical input from sales and customer stakeholders
* Cross-functional collaboration with Global Sales, Channel, Product Management, Marketing Communications, Engineering & Marketing Programs teams
* Ownership over the strategic and operational aspects of the global marketing webcast delivered monthly to a global sales audience
* Attend relevant industry trade-shows, sponsorship and customer meetings
* Support partner relationships for the associated products
* 10-20% travel is required.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
* Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or marketing
* Experience: 5+ years of professional experience
* 2+ years of Product Marketing, Industry Marketing or equivalent experience
* 2+ years of experience working with internet-related technologies or equivalent experience
Desired Qualifications
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a broad range of business audiences
* Knowledge of the CDN industry, including the ecosystem of partners and competitors
* An understanding of web performance technologies
* A proven history of growing revenue thru Product Marketing and/or Industry Marketing for new and/or mature product lines
* Perseverance to handle challenging business situations
* Program Management or Project Management Experience
Other Information
* Is relocation available for this position: No
* Is US Citizenship required: No
* Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
About Akamai:
Akamai® is the leading content delivery network (CDN) providing cloud services that help deliver, optimize, and secure online content and business applications. At the foundation of Akamai solutions, the Akamai Intelligent PlatformTM enables unmatched speed, reliability, and security–backed by expertise and relentless innovation–to improve reach and invisibility across the web. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to more securely leverage the cloud. To learn how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, visit www.akamai.com, and follow @Akamaijobs on Twitter.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. EEO is the Law.