Senior Product Marketing Manager

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Position Summary

The Sr Product Marketing Manager (PMM) for network firewalls will launch and support firewallrelated products and services. The role requires deep technical understanding of firewall technologies and excellent writing and presentation skills. The firewall PMM must have marketing strategy and business analysis skills and a proven track record of effectively leading technology products and solutions. This individual will create product messaging and positioning launch and support new products enable sales and channel teams and engage directly with customers and partners. Competitive analysis and product pricing will be key to this role.

Our ideal candidate will have a Product Marketing or Product Management background and have strong leadership communication and project management skills with an ability to work effectively with crossfunctional teams to lead and execute on a wide variety of initiatives.Demonstrable skills in developing customer and salesfacing presentations and other materials including sales playbooks white papers website material videos and written communications to employees and external stakeholders is mandatory.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop product messaging and positioning that differentiates F5 firewall products in the market

Partner closely with Product Management on pricing strategies

Enable Sales/Partner teams by creating and communicating the value proposition of F5 firewalls and developing the sales tools that support the sales motion of your products

Support launches by developing the product marketing strategy launch plans for new products and releases and managing the crossfunctional implementation of the plans

Produce product collateral such as sales customer and analyst presentations product overview and datasheets FAQs briefs and webcasts

Build and leverage market intelligence by understanding the new and emerging F5 buyers how they buy and their buying criteria and by understanding the competition and how to position successfully

Contribute to demand generation efforts by delivering product content and participating in activities for the marketing programs that drive demand for F5 products

Develop and implement gotomarket plan in coordination with crossfunctional team including corporate marketing sales/channel readiness and BD teams

Lead engagements with sales and channel teams customers and partners via webcasts direct meetings marketing communications and industry events

Lead engagements with industry press and trade analysts

Lead and mentor teammates on the product marketing team

Present marketing strategy and plans to senior and executive level management

Responsible for upholding F5s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Significant experience in firewall and security technology

Experience working in a global role and understanding marketing differences across different regions.

Good collaboration and negotiation skills and the ability to work effectively across teams and organizations in a global (often virtual) work environment

Knowledge of enterprise marketing and sales processes

Ability to effectively lead project initiatives

Outstanding written and oral communication skills including public presentations

Strong organizational analytical and skills

Understanding of networking technologies is a plus

Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.

Duties require the ability to utilize a computer communicate over the telephone and read printed material.

Duties may require being on call periodically or working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends). Duties may require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane up to 20.

Qualifications

BA/BS degree required. MBA Preferred

6 years experience in product marketing or equivalent

6 years analyzing products customers and market dynamics.

4 years in technical marketing

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be allinclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link:https://www.f5/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5 or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5 or @myworkday.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .