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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Sr. Product Manager
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-02-26
Actual Job Title: Senior Product Marketing Manager
Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), the world’s leading provider of employee
internet management solutions, enables organizations to optimize employee use
of computing resources and mitigate new threats related to internet use
including instant messaging, peer-to-peer, and spyware. By providing usage
policy enforcement at the internet gateway, on the network and at the desktop,
Websense products enhance productivity and security, optimize the use of IT
resources and mitigate legal liability for our customers. For more information,
visit www.websense.com.
Summary:
A hands-on Senior Product Marketing Manager is needed to manage product
marketing activities for Websense products and services. The Senior Product
Marketing Manager must be adept at understanding and promoting customer and
market needs and evangelizing the product line both internally and externally.
Job Duties:
Responsibilities include the development of marketing and sales tools to help
position and market the product internally and externally, and working closely
with Marcom in the development of marketing collateral and industry events. The
Senior Product Marketing Manager will be responsible for the go-to-market
strategy and working closely with product management and Marcom for the
execution of product launches. The Senior Product Marketing Manager will work
with sales and other related departments to ensure a referencable customer base
and industry analyst exposure.
Specific Responsibilities include:
• Creation of marketing materials targeted for Websense products and
partner integrations, including whitepapers, presentations and other related
documents.
• Development of marketing and sales tools for internal and external use
including ROI tools, product demos, and other related tools.
• Definition, development, and dissemination of product messages, value
propositions, and positioning.
• Management of product launch activities worldwide.
• Management of cross-functional teams and resources necessary to ensure
the successful and timely definition, release, and ongoing enhancement of
marketing materials.
• Support of all product level marketing activities including: customer
and sales events, tradeshows and conferences, product collateral content.
• Other product marketing responsibilities as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Qualifications:
• 4-5 years of enterprise software product marketing experience required.
• Experience with enterprise software product marketing is required.
Network or internet related security products (e.g. firewalls etc.) are a plus.
• Completion of at least one full product launch (from concept through
delivery and training) required.
• Superior strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and writing skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries
• Willing to travel up to 25% of the time
• MBA preferred
CONTACT
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To be considered for this position, please apply at www.websense.com/careers
Competitive benefits package. EOE.
Websense, Inc.
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