Director, Cloud Virtualization Product Marketing

Director, Cloud Virtualization Product Marketing (Renton, WA)

Role Definition

We are looking for a uniquely talented marketer with a proven track record of increasing responsibility to join our team and lead worldwide marketing overall for the entire Parallels’ virtualization product line to the Cloud and Services Provider audience. This group of products represents a large portion of Parallels’ overall company revenue and includes Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and Parallels Server Bare Metal. This exciting role offers significant room for future growth and reports to the Vice President of Cloud Service Provider Marketing.

The responsibility for this important position is to lead and execute all marketing functions across North America, Europe, and Asia for the Parallels virtualization product line to Service Providers:

• Lead the growth strategy for the product line worldwide
• Drive industry thought leadership for virtualized cloud offerings for cloud services providers
• Drive the overall marketing plan, budget and execution
• Manage product launches in close partnership with engineering and other teams
• Create high quality product positioning and messaging including datasheets, new version documents, PPTs, case studies, product demos and more
• Own the virtualization content on www.parallels.com for cloud service providers as well as inclusion on 3rd party websites
• Lead external communication through public speaking at events/seminars and customer/partner email announcements
• Partner closely with sales teams and arm them with training and tools
• Drive business strategy and business management including pricing, support, and lifecycle policy
• Ensure strong competitive marketing including comparisons, positioning, and evidence
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