Senior Product Marketing Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in security software and/or services, with domain expertise in threat detection and response (e.g., EDR, XDR, etc.) offerings and/or managed services (e.g., MDR, DFIR, MSSP, etc.)
- Understanding and affinity for technology and ability to learn technical product details
- Exceptional written communication and content creation skills; ability to distill complex concepts into clear, compelling messages
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; ability to deliver presentations that inspire audiences with varied technical expertise
- Intellectual curiosity, creativity and a well-rounded understanding of marketing strategies and tactics (content creation, social media, PR, SEO, etc.)
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and comfort with high-visibility initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, managing resources and several projects simultaneously
- Strategic thinking, and the ability to turn vision into structured plans and actions
- Strong work ethic, integrity, and organizational skills
What the job involves
- Sophos is adding a Senior Product Marketing Manager to our Product and Solution Marketing team who will support our Security Operations (SecOps) product and service offerings, including Sophos Endpoint, Sophos XDR, and Sophos MDR offerings
- You will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to build and deliver product marketing programs and resources that maximize awareness and understanding of Sophos’ portfolio of SecOps products and services among customers, prospects, and partners
- As a Senior Product Marketing Manager, your primary goal is to act as a strategic partner to the business; providing actionable analysis of customer needs and market and competitive opportunities, and parlaying these insights into campaigns, programs, and resources that create a seamless buyer experience, greater satisfaction, and high levels of trust
- Working closely with several groups within Sophos, including Product Management, Brand Marketing, and Sales, you will lead product marketing content development, educate other departments on current product messaging, lead new product and service launches, and guide the overall go-to-market strategy
- This position will be based in North America, requiring daily collaboration with globally distributed teams, and requires some worldwide travel to Sophos offices and events
- Messaging and positioning: Create bold, memorable, and consistent positioning statements, messaging, and associated proof points that differentiate Sophos’ offerings in the market
- Collateral development: Deliver and maintain marketing collateral for Sophos’ Security Operations products and services that articulate compelling value propositions to customers, partners, and prospects
- Product and service launches: Plan and launch new products and services, capabilities, and releases, engaging with cross-functional teams for launch execution
- Go-to-marketing strategy: Collaborate with Product Management teams and other internal stakeholders to identify buyer needs and opportunities to drive awareness and adoption of Sophos’ SecOps products and services
- Sales enablement: Understand and support our sales channels; train Sales teams and Partners on the problems we solve for our customers and develop internal tools and external collateral and teach them how and when to use it
- Market and competitive intelligence: Maintain knowledge of competitors’ product and services offerings and positioning in the market
- Strategic planning: Assist in identifying market opportunities and gaps in offerings to ensure that Sophos products and services remain competitive and differentiated in the marketplace
- Measure progress and activities: Assess the effectiveness of Product Marketing initiatives on an ongoing basis, and report on objectives and status to business partners and management
Benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
About Sophos
Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks.
As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more.
Sophos’ services and products connect through its cloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors.
Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully-managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation.
Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide.
Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in security software and/or services, with domain expertise in threat detection and response (e.g., EDR, XDR, etc.) offerings and/or managed services (e.g., MDR, DFIR, MSSP, etc.)
- Understanding and affinity for technology and ability to learn technical product details
- Exceptional written communication and content creation skills; ability to distill complex concepts into clear, compelling messages
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; ability to deliver presentations that inspire audiences with varied technical expertise
- Intellectual curiosity, creativity and a well-rounded understanding of marketing strategies and tactics (content creation, social media, PR, SEO, etc.)
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and comfort with high-visibility initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, managing resources and several projects simultaneously
- Strategic thinking, and the ability to turn vision into structured plans and actions
- Strong work ethic, integrity, and organizational skills
What the job involves
- Sophos is adding a Senior Product Marketing Manager to our Product and Solution Marketing team who will support our Security Operations (SecOps) product and service offerings, including Sophos Endpoint, Sophos XDR, and Sophos MDR offerings
- You will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to build and deliver product marketing programs and resources that maximize awareness and understanding of Sophos’ portfolio of SecOps products and services among customers, prospects, and partners
- As a Senior Product Marketing Manager, your primary goal is to act as a strategic partner to the business; providing actionable analysis of customer needs and market and competitive opportunities, and parlaying these insights into campaigns, programs, and resources that create a seamless buyer experience, greater satisfaction, and high levels of trust
- Working closely with several groups within Sophos, including Product Management, Brand Marketing, and Sales, you will lead product marketing content development, educate other departments on current product messaging, lead new product and service launches, and guide the overall go-to-market strategy
- This position will be based in North America, requiring daily collaboration with globally distributed teams, and requires some worldwide travel to Sophos offices and events
- Messaging and positioning: Create bold, memorable, and consistent positioning statements, messaging, and associated proof points that differentiate Sophos’ offerings in the market
- Collateral development: Deliver and maintain marketing collateral for Sophos’ Security Operations products and services that articulate compelling value propositions to customers, partners, and prospects
- Product and service launches: Plan and launch new products and services, capabilities, and releases, engaging with cross-functional teams for launch execution
- Go-to-marketing strategy: Collaborate with Product Management teams and other internal stakeholders to identify buyer needs and opportunities to drive awareness and adoption of Sophos’ SecOps products and services
- Sales enablement: Understand and support our sales channels; train Sales teams and Partners on the problems we solve for our customers and develop internal tools and external collateral and teach them how and when to use it
- Market and competitive intelligence: Maintain knowledge of competitors’ product and services offerings and positioning in the market
- Strategic planning: Assist in identifying market opportunities and gaps in offerings to ensure that Sophos products and services remain competitive and differentiated in the marketplace
- Measure progress and activities: Assess the effectiveness of Product Marketing initiatives on an ongoing basis, and report on objectives and status to business partners and management
Benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
About Sophos
Sophos is a worldwide leader and innovator of advanced cybersecurity solutions, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies that help organizations defeat cyberattacks.
As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 500,000 organizations and more than 100 million users globally from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more.
Sophos’ services and products connect through its cloud-based Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors.
Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully-managed, turnkey security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation.
Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide.
Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com