Product Marketing Manager

Job Description
At KX we build time-series, vector-native database solutions our customers use to unlock knowledge and predictive power they can act on with confidence. By simultaneously supporting unstructured and structured data, KX powers accurate, highly contextual results for AI and automation applications with transformative speed, unlimited scalability, and extremely low computing costs. Customers across financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, life sciences, and aerospace and defense industries use KX to enable real-time processing of vast time-series datasets, improve operational efficiency, speed up discovery, and enhance real-time situational awareness and cybersecurity.KX brings a proven track record of 30 years of customer success, and operates from more than 15 offices across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
We're looking for a Manager, Product Marketing to develop and evolve the positioning, messaging, launch and go-to-market materials for KX products. In this role, you'll work directly with with our Sales Engineering, Evangelism and Customer Success teams as part of a strategic Customer Value organization, and partner with Sales, Marketing and Partner Teams, to deliver high-impact product positioning, collateral, use cases, and sales training materials. Your main focus will be on translating the value of our data-centric products to decision-makers, upper management and technical buyers, including Heads of Data, IT, heads of research, MLOps/DevOps engineers, CTOs, Architects and product owners. This position requires a self-starter with a background, knowledge, and domain expertise in data analytics, database, streaming, microservice, IoT, cloud, and knowledge of, but not limited to, Python, Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, SQL, Kubernetes, Docker and services from the hyperscalers and IoT providers.
Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in software marketing, deep in the analytics, database/warehouse and/or IoT stack with strong customer-focused and/or developer engagements. Domain expertise in industry and manufacturing sectors would be particularly beneficial.
• Be a great storyteller by demonstrating success building company and product narratives.
• Ability to create persona-based and use case-oriented content for product users, senior technical decision makers and executives.
• Can drive success working with product, sales, partners and post-sales teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to produce stellar writing under tight deadlines.
• Strong ability to plan and execute on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Team player and strong collaborator with a variety of people and teams.
• Experience in the data warehousing and streaming market and technology landscape in which KX competes.
• Technical acumen, preferably a candidate that has experience in product related roles.
• Knowledge of key database, analytics and cloud-centric ecosystems and technologies, such as KX, SQL, Python, Snowflake, Spark, Cassandra, Kafka, SQL, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Experience working with sectors such as Industry IoT, MedTech, Automotive, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing and any segments familiar with streaming and data analytics such as Ecommerce, Healthcare, Retail, Cybersecurity, Telco and Financial Services.

Responsibilities

• Develop value propositions, messaging, case studies, and collateral that supports sales enablement and engagement across our enterprise and corporate sales teams. You will lead the translation of technology capabilities into impactful product and solutions benefits that demonstrate business value and help train and equip a hungry sales team.
• Collaborate with Customer Success, Evangelism, Sales Engineering, Product Management, Sales, and Marketing to create the strategic and tactical marketing plan to build and execute Product Marketing programs across multiple audiences and launch new product to market. You will analyze and identify market opportunities along with customer pain points to highlight the value KX can bring; as well as disrupt the streaming analytics market.
• Be an expert on our customers, target market, competitors, and product capabilities.
• Comfortable presenting as an SME in front of audiences both internal and external.
• Provide key messaging materials and assets to sales team to be repurposed for training of a rapidly growing team, both enterprise and corporate.
• A content owner that can advance the quality and impact of demand generation activities and overall event experience.
• Support general product and sales marketing initiatives including launches, conferences and events and PR.

Benefits
Salary 160K - 180K

• A salary that reflects the candidate's experience, our pay policy, and the labour market
• Individually tailored training and skills development
• 20 days paid annual leave
• 4 Wellness Days
• Private healthcare package, including coverage for partners and children.
• Employee Assistance Programme providing access to mental health support.
• Generous maternity and paternity package
• KX For Good" Program, we offer our team members Volunteer Days to actively participate in initiatives that bring about positive change in our local communities, making a difference that matters!

Why Choose KX?

• At KX, we're more than a technology firm; we're a family! Embrace flexible work hours, a competitive salary package, and a dynamic, inclusive culture that honours diversity and individuality.
• Curious by Nature: Curiosity is our DNA! Engage in dedicated weekly learning sessions to fuel your inquisitive mindset. Explore uncharted domains, acquire data-driven expertise, and stay ahead of the curve. We're dedicated to nurturing your growth and empowering you to scale new summits!
• In it Together: Impact matters! Through our engaging "KX For Good" volunteer initiatives, you can make a positive difference in your local community.
• Recognize & Celebrate: Your relentless effort and commitment won't go unnoticed! Our exceptional reward and recognition framework applauds your dedication and contributions. At KX, we uplift and celebrate every milestone in your journey to success!

Don't wait! Join the KX family and contribute to shaping the future of technology.
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To learn more about KX, please visit www.kx.com