Fastly

Staff Product Marketing Manager - Security

Fastly$166K — $234K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience, including 3+ years in product marketing
  • Strong background in cybersecurity and understanding of security buyer personas
  • Technical knowledge of application security, SaaS, and DevOps
  • Excellent storytelling skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
  • Proven organizational ability with multitasking skills
  • Self-motivated with strong initiative.

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute go-to-market plans for security products
  • Develop and own messaging and positioning for security solutions
  • Highlight Fastly's Next-Gen WAF as a developer-friendly alternative to legacy options
  • Craft compliance and regulatory messaging for procurement and legal stakeholders
  • Create narratives to cross-sell security solutions to current customers
  • Collaborate with sales to create training and presentation materials
  • Integrate competitive intelligence to strategically position security products
  • Foster cross-functional alignment on product strategy and marketing
  • Develop marketing content and campaigns across the buyer journey
  • Present Fastly's security story to various stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible Vacation policy with up to 18 days of paid sick leave
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • 12 paid local holidays and 12 paid wellness days
  • Family planning assistance.
Full Job Description
Posting Open Date: 08/11/2026

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 09/11/2026

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Staff Product Marketing Manager - Security

We're looking for a Staff Product Marketing Manager for our Security portfolio at Fastly. Reporting to the Director, Product Marketing: Security, AI and Emerging Technology, you will own go-to-market strategy, messaging, and positioning for Fastly's application security portfolio, including Next-Gen WAF, DDoS protection, Bot Management, and TLS/compliance adjacent security capabilities. Security, for Fastly, has its own distinct buyer, CISOs, security engineers, and compliance stakeholders, and its own competitive set, with purchasing decisions shaped by different budget holders and evaluation criteria than the rest of Fastly's portfolio. In partnership with Product Management, Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing, you will drive go-to-market initiatives and launches for our fast growing security product line, position Fastly as a credible challenger to legacy security vendors.

What You'll Do:
  • GTM Launch Execution: Design, enable, execute, and measure product launches and go-to-market plans for Fastly's security product line.
  • Messaging & Positioning: Own messaging and positioning for Fastly's security solutions, developing compelling narratives that resonate with security buyers and reflect what they need to succeed.
  • Competitive Differentiation: Position Fastly's Next-Gen WAF as a developer friendly, low false positive alternative to legacy WAFs.
  • Compliance & Regulatory Messaging: Address compliance and regulatory messaging relevant to procurement, legal, and other halo personas involved in security purchasing decisions.
  • Cross-Sell Narrative: Build cross-sell narratives that help existing CDN customers understand the value of adopting Fastly's security solutions.
  • Sales Enablement: Partner with the sales and enablement teams to create trainings, slide decks, and other assets they can use in their sales cycles.
  • Market Positioning: Apply competitive intelligence and market context from Portfolio Intelligence to optimally position Fastly's security products and features.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure product strategy, messaging, and packaging are aligned and effective.
  • Content & Campaign Creation: Create assets with the Growth Marketing and the Campaign teams for use across the buyer journey.
  • Product Evangelism: Deliver presentations to the public on Fastly's unique and differentiated security story.

What We're Looking For:
  • 8+ years of professional experience, with at least 3+ years of relevant product marketing experience.
  • Experience in cybersecurity and knowledge of security buyer personas required.
  • Technical aptitude along with an understanding of and enthusiasm for application security, SaaS, and DevOps.
  • Strong storytelling skills, including excellent written and spoken communication.
  • Exceptional critical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Proven organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multitask.
  • Self starter with strong initiative and drive.

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Denver, CO
  • New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $166,360 to $234,864.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly's equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

About Fastly

Fastly is an American cloud computing services provider. Fastly's edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers' applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the internet. Fastly's customers include many of the world's most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub. Fastly was founded in 2011 by Artur Bergman, Simon Wistow, and Gil Penchina. The company went public on May 15, 2019, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'FSLY'.
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Size
976 employees
Market Cap
$936.2 million
Industry
Net Income
-$95.9 million
Founded
2011
Revenue
$290.8 million
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