• Leadership and management skills
• Excellent Project Management skills required
• Ability to delivery on challenging business goals
• Able to translate strategic vision into an actionable plan
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.  Long distance communication is required on a daily bases.
• Cross-cultural experience is a plus
• Ability to work in distributed, virtual teams
• Availability to travel (up to 25%)
• Ability to make decisions independently and/or as part of team
• High energy, self-motivation, and a high level of commitment
• At least 7 years of total IT or hi-tech security related experience. IT Security field is a plus.
• At least 5 years of product management experience
• Bachelor's degree; MBA is a plus.

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•         You must be a member of SPM Jobs (if you are not, just go to www.spmjobs.com Job Seeker section, verify that you qualify, and request to join as a Job Seeker).
  
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Xobni - Changing the way people use their personal email data

Senior Product Manager

Xobni is looking for a Product Manager to help set direction for our product and be the voice of users.

Responsibilities:

• Define product strategy and roadmap
• Interact with users to collect requirements
• Analyze quantitative usage data from the install base
• Help prioritize product features  and track competitive product features and plans
• Work with engineering team to deliver the product on time and in scope
• Lead selected design efforts, such as developing our launch web site
• Write sales collateral that describe our products for example -  product announcements, white papers, success stories, data sheets, brochures, and product  articles

Qualifications:

• Energetic personality
• Generalist with the ability to drive projects to completion
• Creative problem solver
• Self starter that is aggressive about creating deliverables / getting things done
• Enthusiasm for learning
• Passion for UI and experience design
• Ability to work well with engineering team
• Strong statistical and quantitative skills
• Excellent communication skills
• 3+ years of program, project, or product management experience
• CS degree preferred

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1. What is your presence on the Web? Point to it. [Note: Examples might be: Wikipedia author, Flickr group manager, Yahoo Groups participant/manager, social networking butterfly, widget/gadget collector, Amazon reviewer, Adsense/Adwords user, etc. etc. etc. Don’t limit yourself to these items though…what I am looking for is people who have immersed themselves (without drowning) in internet technology.]
   
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Our client, a worldwide leading provider of enterprise software and services combining open source and commercial technologies based on open standards seeks a dynamic product marketing professional to develop and implement channel-focused marketing plans for its product line. You will work with a cross-functional, highly motivated team, including representatives from product management, engineering, corporate and channel marketing, alliances and sales. 

This role combines strategy and tactics with responsibility for the overall success of the product line in the channel.  Organizations trust our client to help manage, simplify, secure and integrate their IT systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the top-level messaging and positioning for SUSE Linux Enterprise products, including server and desktop offerings
• Create and execute a go-to-market strategy for joint offerings with technology alliance partners, including SAP, IBM, HP, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens
• Create strategy for prioritizing tier 2 and 3 alliance partners for Linux and develop plan for working effectively with them
• Collaborate with channel marketing organization to create and execute campaigns targeted at the value-added distributor, reseller and solution provider markets
• Create content for software industry events, sales collateral and novell.com website
• Create and execute written plans for the global launch of products
• Act as a Novell spokesperson and present content at industry conferences

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, MBA preferred
• Minimum of six years experience in product marketing or solutions marketing
• Previous experience in the high-tech industry desired
• Thorough understanding and experience working with channel partners or Tier 1 ISV/IHV partners
• Thorough understanding of enterprise software
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including public-speaking skills.
• Strong organizational skills & ability to meet deadlines
• Teamwork - the ability to work both with teams and across multiple teams of members without reporting responsibility to the position

This position is located in the Boston area.  Qualified candidates should submit a resume to pmsearch@....  

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Senior Product Marketing Manager

Job Overview

Our client, an industry leader in performance management solutions, seeks a Senior Product Marketing Manager to play a central, hands-on role in driving market expansion.  This is a key position as we are a marketing-oriented organization. The Senior Product Marketing Manager will report to the Vice President of Product Marketing and will be responsible for identifying, defining and testing new, untapped markets beyond the company's current strength in the contact center environment.  Responsibilities will include:

• Knowledge base research and development
• Business plan creation and submission
• Sales launch plan and implementation
• Marketing plan launch and implementation
• Product enhancement requests and use cases
• Reference account selling and support

In addition, the SPM will participate in product marketing and business development activities in support of our current markets, including:

• Pricing analysis
• Product collateral
• Competitive analysis
• MRD development for new products and product extensions
• Partner development

Our client is a private, profitable (since 2004), rapidly-growing, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley.  The Company's customers include blue chip, Fortune 500 companies in financial services, telecom, travel, insurance and health care. The suite of products allows companies to increase company productivity, customer satisfaction and employee morale by making critical performance data available to the entire organization and automating critical processes needed to serve customers. Product implementations include performance scorecards, goals and variable compensation systems, coaching and performance appraisal processes, employee life cycle programs and employee/customer survey tools. Our web-based application is unique in its architecture, simple deployment, ease of use, and robust capabilities.

Required Experience:

• 6+ years of work experience in software product marketing and/or product management
• Demonstrated experience in market analysis and new product development
• Proven ability to interact with prospects and customers in the field
• Excellent communication and interpersonal/leadership skills in working with multiple functions

Preferred Experience:

• An MBA from a top program or equivalent experience
• Experience working in both start-up environments and larger companies
• An engineering or other analytical degree
• Experience with business intelligence or other enterprise software

Our team enjoys a fast-paced, results-oriented culture which encourages cooperation and prizes creativity and self-motivation. We are an equal opportunity employer; we welcome and encourage diversity. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard for race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.

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FrontRange is looking for a Product Marketing Manager, Service Management Products.

The IT Service Management Product Marketing Manager will manage go-to-market activities. Position based in Dublin, CA with 25% Travel

Summary: The IT Service Management (ITSM) Product Marketing Manager will manage go-to-market activities and create marketing deliverables for ITSM product launches globally, developing baseline positioning and messaging content for collateral, presentations, websites, and sales tools. The Product Marketing Manager will also assist in marketing activities and programs, including lead generation campaigns, promotions, events, advertising, and public relations.

Working closely with the Product Management team, this person will “own” a series of Service Desk and Infrastructure Solutions and create and execute deliverables for quarterly launches. He or she will work with the team to identify customer benefits and messaging and create specific marketing and sales tools for the solution.

Qualifications and Experience: Minimum 5 years experience in product marketing or management in the technology sector with strong project management skills. Knowledge and experience in service management and ITIL is highly desirable, as is an understanding of IT and/or customer support environments or call centers.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to:

- Lead all phases of a product launch (from writing MRDs to external launch events) - Create and present product presentations and collaterals for internal and external audiences - Define and communicate product vision and positioning - Work effectively with multiple departments to launch solutions globally - Develop content for revenue-generating marketing campaigns and work with Campaign Managers to execute globally - Create and deliver sales training to sales teams and partners globally - Provide basic product demonstrations in sales and prospecting opportunities - College degree required

To apply, please send your resume to the link provided below.

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Product Marketing Director

The Product Marketing Director/Manager will be responsible for product related outbound positioning and messaging for existing and future products.  We are looking for a hands-on, collaborative, aggressive and innovative marketer.

Qualification Criteria:

• Minimum of 3-5 years product marketing experience, MBA preferred.
• Experience with direct marketing, web/online marketing, SEM/SEO and field marketing.
• Domain expertise in Network and Systems Monitoring/Management (Can include Performance/Fault Management, Application Monitoring, SLM, BSM, ITIL, end user response time, Business Intelligence).
• Previous start-up experience preferred, hands-on style required. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with customers, engineers, independently and as an integral team member

             Excellent salary(120-150K), bonus(20-25%) and equity. We are growing and need YOU to help us.   

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E-commerce Marketing Director

A small but rapidly growing company based in Los Angeles, is adding to its management team in the E-commerce area. The Company currently focused on direct offline sale and is expanding its business model to online. It is seeking experienced leadership to head this initiative.

Candidates should have demonstrated success in E-commerce activities, ideally in online marketing/E-commerce strategy. Experience in search engine optimization, online advertising, content management, affiliates, email/e-marketing campaign, create/manage large keyword lists and web analytics is required.

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We are hosting a Corporate Career Open House on Wednesday, September 19th, located at 4980 Great America Parkway, and ask that you forward this message to your talented professional colleagues, friends and family members to spread the word that Foundry is hiring.    Prospective candidates should submit their resumes to www.joinfoundry.com.

Foundry Networks is hosting a
  Corporate Career Open House 

 Wednesday ,  September 19 ,  12 p.m. -  8 p.m.  

For a list of current openings and to register for the event, please visit us
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10.   Proven ability to lead outside of management structure. Candidate must demonstrate ability in team building and leadership outside areas of authority

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• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience required.
• At least 4 years experience in a product management role
• A comprehensive understanding of network monitoring and analysis technologies such as Sniffer, Netflow, bandwidth management, protocol analyzers
• Field experience working with customers and prospects in one more of the following capacities:
  • Business Development
  • Technical Sales
  • Competitive analysis
• A customer centric background with an ability to clearly articulate customer challenges
• An ability to work comfortably with Engineers and Sales
• A business approach to solving technical challenges
• Ability to travel domestically and abroad
• Position is based in our Columbia, MD Headquarters

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• Create professional, highly effective sales tools:

• Coordinate product-related “field readiness” activities:

• Serve as a focal point for company competitive analysis strategies and deliverables:

• Provide input and assistance to Product Management:

• Assist with other Sales- and Marketing-related initiatives, as necessary, including:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other related discipline or equivalent practical experience. MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of high-tech Product Marketing and/or Product Management experience. Experience in Network Security preferred.

• High-level knowledge of network security technology and vendors
• Experience training both technical- and non-technical personnel on technical concepts
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• General office environment
• Considerable stress may occur at times
• No special physical demands required
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally 20-30%

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Interested in being a key architect of an open source startup on the verge of disrupting a $5B market?  Untangle could be for you.  We’re seeking an experienced Product Manager to drive innovation, product strategy and adoption. 

Our client has developed the world’s first commercial-grade open source solution for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network. These applications are currently being used in hundreds of businesses in a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, education, bio-science, and professional services. 

  As the Director of Product Management you will:

-          Research customer needs

-          Develop use cases and prototypes that engineers and prospects can resonate with

-          Guide products through the development process, ensuring they meet the vision

-          Develop strategic decision frameworks

-          Drive the product strategy and roadmap

 
Qualifications:

-     Experience taking products from idea stage to big market penetration.

-     Proficient in engaging users and figuring out goals, priorities and hidden desires.

-     Previous success in recognizing and delivering product differentiators that have market impact.

-     Ability to guide senior management through strategic decisions.

-     Excellent writing skills. 

-     Experience with one of the following: VOIP, networking, security and/or storage industries.  Including knowledge of the technology, pain points, history, and players.

-     Experience designing products for channels, in particular managed service providers, is strongly desired.

-     8-10 years Product Management or closely related professional work.

-     Managed 3 or 4 extremely relevant products through the full product life cycle. 
BS/BA degree required

The Director of Product Management reports to VP of Marketing

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Product Manager – Engineering Organization

As a Product Manager within the Engineering division, provide strong leadership in the development of Actuate’s next generation Web 2.0 based business intelligence platform.  Working with engineering, marketing, sales, support and customers, you will be responsible for product management activities associated with components of Actuate’s business intelligence and enterprise reporting suite (http://www.actuate.com/products/enterprise-reporting/index.asp).

In this inbound product management role, most work will be done in a team environment across multiple departments. Activities will include research and analysis of external customer requirements; competitive analysis; suggestion and justification of product enhancements; requirements definition; regular field communications such as the product roadmap, responding to product questions; sales training; enhancement request management; documentation review; and writing of white papers and presentations.

Work is non-routine and complex, involving the application of advanced technical and business skills in a specialized product area.

Experience

The successful candidate will have 2 to 5 years of experience with enterprise level software products (operating systems, RDBMS, middleware, or other types of systems software; or business applications such as finance, accounting, manufacturing, sales automation) in customer facing environments, and 1 to 3 years of product management experience. Familiarity with Business Intelligence/Enterprise Reporting software is essential.

Location and Management

The position will be based in San Mateo, California (about 20 miles south of San Francisco) and report into a Director within the Product Management organization.

Relevant experience could be in any of the following areas:

·         Product Management

·         Consulting/System Integrators

·         Sales Support

·         Expert/Professional Services

·         Software Support

·         Senior IT

·         Senior Software Development

Qualifications:

·         Degree in computer science (BS or MS)

·         Strategic thinker who sees the big picture while still able to focus on the details

·         Able to effectively build consensus through well articulated and researched strategy, business plans and justification

·         Self-starter who is able to independently carry out customer research and analysis

·         Excellent verbal and written communications skills

·         Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills

·         Strong team player with good interpersonal skills

·         Detail oriented, with the ability to handle a diverse number of concurrent activities

·         Strong organizational and procedural skills

·         Experience building and/or deploying web applications and architectures

The ideal candidate will also have some or all of the following additional qualifications:

·         Knowledge of relational database concepts including SQL, stored procedures, database design

·         Familiarity with one or more of the major RDBMS products such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or IBM DB2

·         Knowledge of web technology including Web 2.0, AJAX, Web Services, J2EE Application Servers; web servers and Java Server Pages

·         Experience with Windows and/or UNIX operating systems, including Linux

About Actuate Corporation

Actuate Corporation, the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, enables organizations to develop solutions that optimize corporate performance. Applications built on Actuate’s open source-based platform provide all stakeholders inside and outside the firewall, including employees, customers, partners and citizens with information that they can easily access and understand to maximize revenue, cut costs, improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, create competitive advantage and make better decisions.

Actuate has over 4,000 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's web site at www.actuate.com .

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Sr or Principal Product Manager - Based in Fremont with some light travel

Accept Software (www.acceptsoftware.com) provides innovation management & planning 
solutions that empower product organizations to overcome market & product complexity, 
to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Accept 360º is a web-based, J2EE application 
that runs in both deployed on-premise & hosted on-demand configurations. Our culture 
is highly entrepreneurial where we consistently win new business, excite customers with 
our vision, remain dedicated to our objectives, & have fun. Founded in 2001, Accept is 
an award-winning (AIPMM) Silicon Valley B2B start-up with solid VC funding. F500 customers 
include: Actuate, Aspect, BEA, Mercury, Symantec, Cadence, among others.

 

Your Mission…

Is a Product Manager’s dream job! Using your expertise you’ll deliver best-in-class software 
products within the domain of product & project portfolio management (PPM). You’ll 
report to our VP/Product Management and be responsible for the entire product life 
cycle, from gathering market data, performing quantitative analysis for determining product 
priorities, & defining products with features to be adopted & aligned with the company’s 
corporate & product strategy. When done well, your ability to make difficult but sound 
product decisions leads directly to the bottom-line success of our Company!

 

Your Responsibilities…

This is an outstanding opportunity for you to showcase your knowledge and execution of 
product planning, requirements management & the overall product delivery lifecycle. 
Specifically, you’ll:

·         Gather/analyze market data from customers, prospects and the industry to establish quantifiable roadmaps & release plans for future versions of Accept 360°

·         Work with analysts/partners/industry experts on distilling & validating the overall 
vision of Accept’s innovation solutions

·         Work with Sales & Services to identify & prioritize customer and market needs

·         Create/manage the delivery of product requirements, specifications & use cases to 
drive the development of product features & applications

·         Lead the definition of product pricing, packaging & inbound/outbound collateral

·         Provide thought leadership with respect to the industry & product direction.

 

Your Profile…

      Our ideal candidate is an enterprise software sr product manager with expertise in PPM, plus:

·         10+ years experience in product management & product marketing, with 

• 3+ years at a software company with an emphasis on PPM- portfolio prod mgt

·         Strong quantitative & analytical skills

·         Exceptional written/oral skills, with demonstrable leadership of meetings & teams

·         Education - BA/BS degree + MBA preferred

·         Travel requirement - up to 25% within Bay Area / ~ 10% outside Bay Area

·         Attributes - organized, detail-oriented, collaborative team player in a moderately-paced environment

·         Wish List – a) Pragmatic Marketing or other product management training

      b) Knowledge of product management & planning tools

 

Your Compensation… 

Up to $140k cash (base + bonus) + aggressive stock options + a full benefits package await you!

Please submit resumes (as a word doc attachment) to: dawn.block@...     

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 Do you get excited about developing new consumer products in a dynamic environment? 

• Does a culture of trailblazing & openness to new ideas interest you?
• Are you a leader that can convince others to follow your vision – and back it up with solid analytic thinking?
• Do you like seeing the immediate impact of your work in an organization that launches products quickly?

If so, we’d love to talk to you.

We are a rapidly growing, pre-IPO consumer goods company. We market our products direct-to-consumers via the online channel.  Due to our explosive growth, we are in need of several experienced consumer goods professionals to lead internal teams in product marketing efforts.    

Position Description and Key Responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial product marketing professional to gain experience in the online marketing channel.  The Senior Product Marketing Manager / Director will be responsible for managing the end-to-end profitability of his or her product category, from creating and sourcing new products to managing the ongoing P&L.  This position’s ultimate responsibility is to achieve category revenue and profitability targets.  Specific responsibilities include:

• Develop, evaluate and prioritize new product ideas and manage existing product lines to growth. 
• Develop the business case for entering categories and launching new products
• Define product positioning, messaging, feature specs, differentiating attributes & pricing.
• Lead project management of cross-functional teams to deliver new product launches on time and on budget.  Hire and manage outside resources as appropriate and source manufacturing.  Achieve target number of new product launches per year.
• Design and execute direct marketing tests aimed at acquiring new customers, increasing lifetime value and generally improving economics.  Establish test objectives, test scenarios and analysis of campaign results.   Communicate actionable recommendations based on insights and analysis.
• Analyze competitive activity to ensure the product offering and promotions are attractive.

Key Skills

• Product Marketing/Product Development:  Experience developing new consumer products for market including definition of concepts, positioning, features, benefits and pricing.  Experience optimizing and growing existing product lines.
• Consumer Insight: demonstrated ability to understand consumer needs and market research and translate these into successful new product offerings.
• P&L Management: Strong skills in managing and delivering both top and bottom line financial objectives, including developing forecasts and managing budgets.
• Direct or Online Marketing Industry Expertise: Familiarity with direct response marketing including test planning, offer strategy, and continuity chain management would be ideal.
• Marketing Communication:  Ability to prioritize consumer communication in a way that resonates with a target consumer and converts to purchases.
• Analytic Capabilities: Ability to utilize data and analytics to inform business decisions.    
• Project Management Skills: Ability to juggle, structure and lead complex projects, monitor progress against key milestones, and deliver on time and on budget.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to motivate people—both peers and cross functional teams—to achieve aggressive goals.
• Flexibility – quick to make appropriate changes in direction based on market changes and requirements of an entrepreneurial organization.

Experience

• 5 – 10 years experience in product marketing for a consumer product or service.  CPG experience highly desirable.
• Experience within a start-up or entrepreneurial environment
• Demonstrated success managing multiple product launch cycles, from idea generation to product delivery
• Experience with direct marketing or online marketing channels.
• Experience developing and managing retention marketing programs a plus.
• P&L experience.
• Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred

If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

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If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

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