Director, Marketing, APJ

Are you ready to power the Worlds connections

If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

Are you ready to power the Worlds connections

If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role:

This role is a critical component of our APJ go-to-market strategy and one that will help continue to accelerate the tremendous adoption we have seen across this market. As the first APJ marketing hire this person represents marketing in APJ and partners directly with the VP of APJ our professional services team as well as cross-functionally with our teams back in the US. This role requires a person who can think strategically across a complex region while jumping in and executing the plan. This person has to not only be willing but be excited to do whatever it takes to support their internal and external customers.

Why should you want to work at Kong

Market Opportunity - We are on a quest to build a $10b software company over the next few years and need YOUR help!

Why APIs Matter APIs have been enabling innovation for decades!

Strong VC team Series D strong year over year revenue growth!

Technical Leadership - We are recognized as the leader in innovation in the connectivity space.

Marco our CTO/co-founder - We are the Cisco of L4 and L7 - CUBE Conversation March 2021

We are the leading innovator in the connectivity space!

Amazing Team & Culture - Come be a Konger and find out what we mean.

Great Place to Work Certified in 2020 & 2021

Kong employees exemplify our culture at our 2022 Sales Kickoff

2022 Forbes Cloud 100 Honoree

Building Great Products - Learn why the worlds largest companies love our tech!

Kong Named in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Over 250m downloads of our open source API gateway! Over 40k stars on Github between Kong API and Kong Insomnia!

What you will be doing:

• Own define & drive the APJ regional marketing strategy working with CMO Product Marketing the rest of Demand Gen team and APJ sales leadership.

• Develop & drive execution of data-driven customer-obsessed campaigns across all channels in APJ.

• Achieve Interlock with regional field sales leaders to ensure ongoing agreement on priorities. Become the go-to person for everything pipeline generation and maturation with the APJ sales leadership.

• Collaborate with corporate marketing functions to help design and execute programs that deliver measurable results supporting APJ sales growth objectives.

• Develop a strategy to provide and scale the localization and regional implementation of global GTM campaigns.

• Partner and work hand in hand with the APJ sales development team to develop and execute effective inbound/outbound strategies.

• Understand sales strategies at the regional level and develop tailored but aligned pipeline generation plans based on selected target accounts salesplay and marketing mix of activities.

• Design and collaborate with marketing ops to develop an APJ revenue marketing dashboard that drives fast and strategic decisions on pipeline generation directions.

What you will bring:

• 10 years experience in marketing with a minimum 10 years in B2B marketing required; specific expertise in software and SaaS/subscription models is strongly preferred.

• Experience across all APJ regions: ANZ Asia and India Analytical and metrics-driven with a desire to launch learn and iterate to continually improve programs.

• Grit flexibility and excitement to be in a player-coach role.

• Exceptionally strong writing presentation and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly and simply articulate concepts messages and strategies.

• Proficiency with marketing automation platforms (Marketo 6sense etc).

• Experience with SFDC running reports campaign management SiriusDecisions best practices and lead management.

• Enterprise and Commercial segment experience; Industry marketing experience preferred.

• Ability to work across the organization especially with sales at all levels to strategize and execute all marketing programs.

• Passion for results measurement and optimization to continuously drive ROI

Personality traits:

• GREAT attention to detail highly organized yet able to see the big picture

• Ability to handle moving parts switch gears quickly and juggle many projects at the same time.

• Engaging and outgoing personality.

• Fast learner who proactively tackles challenges.

• Strong work ethic sense of urgency and desire to succeed.

• Team player.

• Must be a good problem solver and an intuitive thinker.

• Ability to travel up to 50% (in the future)

What is a Konger

We are a group of makers thinkers and doers focused on helping todays developers build tomorrows technology. Our teams work on the bleeding edge of API innovation to provide our users with a central nervous system for data and services.

We put design at the heart of everything we do and were relentlessly focused on creating beautiful experiences for our customers. Thats why technology companies major banks e-commerce innovators and government agencies put Kong in front of their most important web applications.

We believe in the power of Open Source and everything it stands for. Thats why developers around the world enthusiastically contribute on top of our open-source platform.

We are passionate about solving challenges that will fundamentally shape the future of technology and were looking for the right people to join us on our mission. If you believe in taking ownership of your work making an impact and having fun along the way we would love to talk to you.

Kong Core Values:

We are CUSTOMER CHAMPIONS. Customers are everything we put them at the center of everything we do. We are all empowered to make an impact.

We are OWNERS. We are drivers not passengers and own the quality and outcomes of our work.

We are UNSTOPPABLE. We work with purpose obsession and grit. It takes muscle to do hard things and doing hard things builds muscle.

We are REAL. We are genuine principled and confident without arrogance. Show respect and kindness especially in tough moments.

We Are ACCELERATORS. We prioritize speed iteration and results.

We are GLOBAL. We work together from anywhere to achieve our common goals. Our differences make us stronger.

We are EXPLORERS. We value ideas over hierarchy. Never accept the status quo. We make bold bets fail and learn everyday. There is always a way.

About Kong:

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises most critical traffic volumes Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely.

83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!

For more information about Kong please visit or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

About Kong:

Kong Inc. a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike Kongs unified API and AI platform Kong Konnect enables organizations to secure manage accelerate govern and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information visit .

Required Experience:

Director