Senior Product Marketing Manager - Red Hat Ansible

About the Job

The Red Hat Ansible Product Marketing team is looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager to join us  in Raleigh or Durham, NC. In this role, you will define and execute on the product marketing strategy for Red Hat Ansible as a part of a larger Product Marketing Team.

What You Will Do

• Develop understanding of customer goals and challenges, target markets, use cases, sales motions for Red Hat Ansible and translate into effective plans and activities

• Develop marketing strategy and execution aligned with market directions, and supported by the roadmap and releases of our offerings

• Develop Sales plays and tactics focusing on customer pain points, benefits, and business outcomes

• Lead and influence development of content to help gain mindshare and drive customer wins, e.g., messaging, thought leadership, presentations, sales plays, demos, reference architectures, webpages, win wires, etc. 

• Evangelize Red Hat Ansible both internally and externally via webinars, social media, roadshows, industry events, customer briefings, sales training workshops, etc.

•  Influence industry analysts, customer campaign and field enablement programs 

• Develop and track the success metrics for the marketing strategy and execution plan

• Deliver impactful presentations at key industry and Red Hat events to relevant audiences

• Collaborate with technical marketing and product management on go-to-market strategy, including roadmap, positioning, messaging, and content plans

• Collaborate internally at Red Hat (Product Management, Engineering, Alliances, Corporate Marketing teams, Sales teams, Ecosystem) 

What You Will Bring

• 3+ years of product or technical marketing experience, preferably with B2B Technology companies

• Bachelor's degree; master’s degree is a plus 

• Critical thinking skills with a proven ability to develop creative solutions

• Ability to translate Red Hat Ansible Automaton Platform features into customer benefits and business outcomes 

• Solid written and verbal communication and presentation skills; experience presenting is a plus

• Experience working effectively in a persuasion-oriented, cross-functional environment 

• Ability to work with some supervision in a startup-like environment

• Basic understanding of the common technical jargon of the information technology (IT), operations, software application development, databases, cloud, DevOps

• Willingness to travel 10-25%

• Experience with the following technologies and use cases is a plus: Ansible, Terraform, IT Automation, Configuration Management, Provisioning, IT Operations, Networking, Cloud technologies, Containers, Kubernetes, VMware, etc.. Public cloud offerings like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure, and Event driven architectures, AI/ML, Edge computing

The salary range for this position is $101,300.00 - $162,050.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. 

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute the