Illumio

Product Marketing Specialist - Product Led Growth (PLG)

Illumio$90K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of product marketing experience in enterprise security or cloud infrastructure
  • Proven success in launching products and driving product marketing activities
  • Strong analytical and creative balance in approach
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives
  • Familiarity with diverse business functions and market dynamics.
  • Strong project management and time management skills with a focus on deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Define and create the overall customer journey from awareness to trial experience
  • Communicate value propositions and develop sales tools for the sales team
  • Plan trial updates for product launch strategies and oversee implementation
  • Research and apply industry best practices for trial experiences from competitive vendors
  • Collaborate with Marketing teams on demand generation activities
  • Facilitate communication across departments including Marketing, Product Management, and Sales
  • Develop key product assets such as presentations, videos, and written collateral

Benefits

  • Collaborative and inclusive work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Engagement in innovative projects with a focus on security solutions
  • Proximity to a leading tech company headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA
  • Hands-on role enabling direct contributions to go-to-market strategies
Full Job Description
Location: 4 on-site days a week in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters.

Our Team's Vision:

Our Marketing team illuminates and evolves the global brand, driving revenue and empowering future success for our Sales team. As a leader in Zero Trust Segmentation, we are dedicated to helping organizations prevent cyberattacks and mitigate the impact of ransomware.

Renowned for our innovative solutions and collaborative spirit, we foster an inclusive environment within Marketing and across the company. Join one of the industry's most creative and dynamic teams, where you'll discover opportunities to excel, be empowered to set ambitious goals and define your path to success!

Product Marketing at Illumio:

The Product Marketing team at Illumio focuses on understanding the customer, technology, the ecosystem, market drivers, competition and customer needs with the responsibility of communicating product messaging and value to internal and external audiences. You will be part of a team responsible for developing positioning and differentiated messaging, defining go-to-market strategy, launching new solutions and driving thought leadership for the Illumio solutions. You will 'roll up your sleeves', 'dig in', learn, problem solve, be creative and do what it takes to win the market.

The role:

Product Led Growth (PLG) is a strategic initiative at Illumio to accelerate time-to-value for Customers. In this role, you will team with the head of PLG product marketing to define the overall Web Trial and Marketplaces experience to be delightful and useful for new prospects and existing customers. That includes managing the journeys including landing pages, email nurtures, and Trial asset such as blogs and videos. You will work closely with your product marketing peers, demand generation team, product management, within the Illumio Illumiverse community, directly with prospects, and the field.

Your Impact:
  • Journey definition and creation - Map the total prospect experience from researching about solving a problem, to learning about Illumio, to the different phases of a demo and Trial experience.
  • Sales enablement - Communicate value propositions to sales teams and develop sales materials and tools that support the selling process.
  • Trial aspects of product launches - plan the Trial updates for the go-to-market launch strategy for new releases, and manage the cross-functional implementation of the plan.
  • Market intelligence - learn about other Trial experience best practices from other vendors. Know the needs of our customers and prospects and be a knowledgeable authority on our competition with the ability to articulate value and differentiate our solutions.
  • Demand generation activities - Partner in demand generation activities with Marketing teams.
  • Cross-Departmental collaboration - Accomplish the above by having a constant communication flow with internal groups, including Marketing, Product Management, Sales and the office of the CTO.
  • Key product assets: written collateral, presentations, solution/demo videos, social media activities.
Your Toolkit:
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, project management and time management ability with a deadline focus
  • 2+ years of product marketing experience in companies focused on enterprise security, data center or cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong right brain, left brain balance - analytical + creative
  • Demonstrated success of leading projects, launching products and driving product marketing activities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proactive and driven to solve problems and find innovative solutions
  • Strong acumen about new technologies and commercial acumen in the software industry
  • Strong business acumen and the ability to forge and maintain relationships.
  • Exceptional communication skills including the ability to influence, guide, and work with senior executives to achieve joint objectives
  • Experience of working in collaboration with a diverse range of business functions and customers to drive change and achieve delivery
  • Strong technical skills and experience
  • Demonstrated problem solving ability and attention to detail to deliver high-quality output
  • Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across multiple time-zones

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About Illumio

Illumio is a cybersecurity company that provides software for securing enterprise computing environments. The company was founded in 2013 by Andrew Rubin and PJ Kirner and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Illumio's software uses micro-segmentation to protect against cyber threats by creating security policies that restrict access to sensitive data and applications. The company's software is used by a wide range of clients, including financial institutions, healthcare providers, and government agencies. Illumio has received numerous awards for its innovative approach to cybersecurity, including being named a Gartner Cool Vendor in 2016.
Learn more about Illumio
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2013

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