Associate Product Marketing Manager, Hybrid Platform

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At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

At Cloudera, we deliver the only true hybrid platform for data, analytics, and AI. With 100x more data under management than other cloud-only vendors, Cloudera empowers global enterprises to transform data of all types, on any public or private cloud, into valuable, trusted insights. The world’s largest brands in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing, and government rely on Cloudera to use their data to solve the impossible—today and in the future. 

As an Associate Product Marketing Manager, Hybrid Platform, you will lead positioning and go-to-market execution for the hybrid and multi-cloud aspects of our platform—one of Cloudera’s most important strategic differentiators. In this role, you will be the voice of the market internally and the voice of the product externally. You'll influence product strategy, shape market perception, and accelerate revenue through bold, insight-driven storytelling and execution. You will be responsible for creating a wide range of content, including sales enablement, field briefs, blogs, website content, storytelling decks, and more.

In this role, you will have a blend of critical thinking, storytelling, and analysis, as you develop product positioning, deliver messaging that captivates customers, create exceptional go-to-market plans, drive current and new sales plays, and use data to measure impact. You will collaborate with the rest of the product marketing team, and cross-functionally with field marketing, customer advocacy, product management, and sales teams, to produce cohesive and impactful materials and analysis to accelerate customer adoption. 

As an Associate Product Marketing Manager, Hybrid Platform, you will:

• Write engaging content - presentations, blog posts, response briefs, emails, and more.

• Translate technical concepts (e.g., containers, hypervisors, cloud architecture) into customer-focused messaging and assets.

• Support product launches and field enablement efforts for hybrid capabilities, including virtualized and containerized deployment models.

• Perform win/loss analysis and other analytical assignments that help us understand our market opportunities, competition, and target industries.

• Conduct and maintain competitive research, especially across hybrid architecture solutions, virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware), and Kubernetes-based infrastructure

• Help track key industry trends in cloud, edge, and data center technologies to inform messaging and positioning.

• Develop new ideas for sharing insights that help us further articulate the value of our platform for various internal and external audiences and ideal customer profiles.

• Work closely with the sales and marketing organizations to educate them on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of our products in the market. 

• Collaborate with the product team to understand new features as they are developed and share insight on competitive offerings.

• Support customer and partner marketing efforts by identifying relevant hybrid platform use cases and success stories.

• Project/program manage marketing deliverable efforts to ensure timely delivery of content to internal and external publication services (Web, internal wiki, etc.).

We are excited about you if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or relevant work experience.

• 4+ years of experience in product marketing, technical marketing, or content marketing—preferably in enterprise software or infrastructure technologies.

• Foundational understanding of cloud services, virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, KVM), and Kubernetes orchestration.

• Ability to work with complex technical concepts and simplify them into clear, compelling content for various audiences.

• Exceptional writing skills (and experience with GenAI for content development), catering to diverse internal and external audiences, including data practitioners and leaders.

• Exceptional personal management skills with a proven track record of driving projects to completion on time.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, adept at influencing stakeholders at all levels.

• Proven strategic thinking ability, effective prioritization skills, and a track record of driving results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with diverse needs.

What you can expect from us:

• Generous PTO Policy 

• Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

• Flexible WFH Policy 

• Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

• Access to Continued Career Development 

• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

• Paid Volunteer Time

• Employee Resource Groups

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