VP, Product Marketing, Observability

Posted 22 Hours Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
Elastic, the Search AI Company, helps everyone find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale.
The Role
Lead Elastic's Observability Product Marketing team to define messaging, GTM strategy, and field enablement. Provide market and competitive thought leadership, create technical content and sales enablement, hire and develop PMM talent, represent the company at events, and act as the internal expert on SRE and developer personas.
Summary Generated by Built In

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role
We are looking for an outstanding leader to helm our Observability Product Marketing team. In this role, you will be a trusted partner to the company and product leadership, working closely on defining the marketing, messaging, and go-to-market strategy for Elastic Observability SREs and decision makers. To be successful you will have a history of leading teams to achieve outstanding results. You should have deep technical understanding of Observability solutions (being a former practitioner is a plus) with a nuanced understanding of the Observability market technologies and competitive dynamics. Additionally, you should be adept at the creative aspects of positioning technology through messaging and narratives that are compelling, authentic, and differentiated!
What You Will Be Doing
  • Provides thought leadership around market trends and competing solutions
  • Brings excellent leadership and teamship to the company, interfaces effectively with Leadership, Product, Sales and Marketing
  • Leads a growing Observability PMM team, including hiring and development of talent
  • Set the Observability marketing strategy — including messaging, technical content, priorities, field enablement, and GTM
  • Clearly articulates Elastic’s position and differentiation vs similar offerings. Be the expert on competitive capabilities.
  • Create, curate and present compelling content for consumption on the web, press releases, executive briefings, blogs and sales enablement
  • Is the expert on target personas and segments, how customers buy and users adopt our products, and the value they derive from them
  • Represent the company at various speaking engagements, conferences and press interviews
  • Act as a technical product marketing lead for Elastic Observability
  • Serve as an internal authority on the developer and SRE personas
What You Will Bring
Being successful will require you to bring Observability domain expertise. Familiarity with Elastic products is a plus. We would love to hear from you, if you have:
  • Well respected leader who has built, scaled, and lead global teams of 5 - 15 people
  • Several years experience creating outbound messaging and content that resonates with a technical SRE audience
  • Creative energy, courage to throw out the playbook, and out of the box thinking
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
  • Technical depth with respect to our products, solutions and industries we play in and capable of learning quickly. Ability to be hands-on with the product (former practitioner a plus).
  • Comfortable working in a cross-functional role with a highly distributed team
Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

  • Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
  • Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
  • Generous number of vacation days each year
  • Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
  • Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
  • Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)

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Skills Required

  • Observability domain expertise
  • Experience building, scaling, and leading global teams (5-15 people)
  • Several years creating outbound messaging and content for technical SRE audiences
  • Experience hiring and developing talent
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Technical depth with respect to products and solutions and ability to be hands-on
  • Former practitioner (hands-on SRE or observability practitioner)
  • Familiarity with Elastic products
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally with a highly distributed team

Elastic Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elastic and has not been reviewed or approved by Elastic.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is considered competitive across many technical and go‑to‑market roles and compares well within its peer group. Strong equity components and benefits bolster perceived total compensation.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as fully paid for employees and families in many locations, which is unusually generous among tech firms. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is emphasized in official materials.
  • Parental & Family Support A minimum of 16 weeks of paid parental leave is offered globally, with additional family‑formation support. These policies are positioned as core elements of the package.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
3,222 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

Why Work With Us

Free and open isn’t just how we build our products, it’s how we build our culture. We value creativity and mobility, so you can grow how (and where) you want to… and be happier at work.

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