Senior Product Marketing Manager

$181,620 - $181,620/Yr

Confluent - Indianapolis, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Indianapolis, IN

Publishing Industries

About the position

We are seeking a compelling technical brand storyteller to join Confluent as a Senior Product Marketing Manager (PMM). In this role, you will partner with our content, customer, campaigns, and analyst teams to develop impactful messaging and assets that are integral to our go-to-market (GTM) motions. You'll also engage with customers, analysts, and partners through group sessions and targeted interactions. An ideal candidate has a proven track record in technical B2B journalism, product, solution, industry, or brand marketing. You must have excellent communication skills - capable of breaking down complex topics into clear, value-driven stories for both internal and external audiences with varying levels of technical expertise. And, you should have exceptional leadership skills to drive cross-functional collaboration and alignment, along with a strong understanding of market drivers, target audiences, and competitive landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Own the data streaming platform's brand narrative: Translate complex platform capabilities into impactful stories with messaging that resonates with technical decision makers.
• Collaborate to create high-impact content: Partner closely with content, customer, campaigns, and analyst teams to develop landing pages, eBooks, solution briefs, webinars, blogs, presentations, and more.
• Lead external speaking engagements: Deliver presentations, videos, and discussions to educate customers, analysts, and partners in group sessions or targeted interactions.
• Learn from customers, market insights, and stakeholders: Continuously refine and improve your messaging and assets by applying qualitative and quantitative feedback from key sources.

Requirements

• A love of storytelling and teaching.
• A proven track record of delivering impactful customer-facing messaging and assets.
• A growth mindset proven through 5+ years of technical B2B journalism, product marketing, solutions marketing, industry marketing, brand marketing, or comparable experience in other complex industries.
• A bachelor's degree in journalism, creative writing, computer science, or related fields. Or, comparable experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Working experience with the data infrastructure ecosystem, Platform-as-a-Service market (PaaS) business models, Open Source Software (OSS)-led companies, or cloud hyperscalers.
• A strong portfolio of written work that communicates technical concepts to decision-makers in compelling, plain language (little jargon!).
• Proven public speaking skills, particularly in engaging with customers and analysts.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits in line with industry standards.
• Annual estimated salary of $137,360- $181,620.
• Annual bonus and competitive equity package.