MapR Technologies, a provider of the industry’s leading data platform
for AI and Analytics, enables enterprises to inject analytics into their
business processes to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate
risks. MapR addresses the data complexities of high-scale and
mission-critical distributed processing from the cloud to the edge, IoT
analytics, and container persistence. Global 2000 enterprises trust the
MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and
analytics challenges. Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, SAP and other
leading businesses are all part of the MapR ecosystem. For more
information, visit www.mapr.com.
MapR Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.
MapR Technologies seeks a savvy technologist to drive a wide range of
marketing initiatives as part of the product marketing team at MapR. The
MapR Senior Product Marketing Manager reports to the Director of Product
Marketing and is responsible for outbound activities that target CIOs,
enterprise architects, developers, and business analysts using big data.
The role requires a passionate interest in exploring modern technologies
– both competitive and complementary to MapR, and at both the business
and technical levels. This position adds to a technically-oriented
product marketing team responsible for messaging, positioning, sales
enablement, and key initiatives to deliver continued success at MapR.
DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive strategic marketing plans that showcase the business value and
technological advantages of MapR to customers needing to solve big
data challenges
- Develop compelling messaging, collateral, presentations, and sales
tools for an enterprise-focused sales organization and customer.
Work closely with sales operations team to coordinate and deliver
sales enablement and training.
- Build competitive analysis tools to define MapR positioning in the
Hadoop and NoSQL industries.
- Communicate clearly to business and technical audiences on how the
innovations in the MapR Distribution including Hadoop deliver
customer success
- Collaborate with the Sr. Solution Marketing Manager on developing
business use cases across industry verticals based on customer
success and ROI.
- Develop strong relationships with cross-functional teams including
product management, engineering, and sales, as well as with
customers and other external individuals who feed the MapR and
Hadoop community
- Some travel required (up to 20%)
SKILLS AND BACKGROUND
- 5+ years of product marketing experience with a background in
software development, technical presales, or application development
experience; Enterprise software experience preferred
- Experience with Hadoop and Hadoop-related technologies, including
NoSQL; deep SQL/RDBMS, data warehouse, or analytics experience
highly desirable
- Experience with sales enablement best practices around competitive
battle cards, sales plays, customer-facing PowerPoint decks, sales
training presentations, etc.
- Experience collaborating with virtual cross-functional teams
- Strong and friendly communication skills, both written and verbal
- Social media know-how with an active social profile
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to develop relationships and
communicate with all levels of the organization
- Proven ability to multi-task, work under tight deadlines and get the
most from limited resources
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or field/work experience
relevant to this position; a graduate degree is a strong plus
- Relevant work experience in pre-sales engineering, sales, product
marketing/management, or competitive intelligence highly desired.