Director, Product Marketing

We seek a visionary product marketing leader who can help us tell the story of Kong Konnect and the future of modern digital infrastructures. As Director of Product Marketing, you will be responsible for leading a product marketing team, as well as helping build and execute the product marketing strategy. Reporting to the Head of Product Marketing, you will serve as a strategic partner to leaders across marketing, product, partnerships, sales and customer success. You are a data and process-driven, passionate people leader and have a proven track-record of building and delivering differentiated product and platform stories to large audiences. You have experience with cloud infrastructure products and their associated technical audiences. Build and lead a high-performing team of product marketers that will cover multiple Kong products across the Konnect platform. Lead positioning and messaging efforts with the team to differentiate Kong’s offerings within the larger market. Be a thought leader in the API Management space and represent Kong in internal and external industry events and conversations. Be comfortable delivering keynotes in front of large audiences while also being a resource for sales rep in prospect meetings. Build scalable processes to drive Kong product marketing activities, including content creation, competitive intelligence, product launches, and sales enablement. Work closely with Product, Marketing and Field teams to build and execute a customer centric product and go-to-market strategy for Kong Konnect. Collaborate with Field Enablement to coach and train the field teams on the Kong pitch, value proposition, messaging, ROI, competitive positioning, assets, etc. Influence and guide the product roadmap by acting as the voice of the customer and field teams.