Principal Technical Product Marketing Manager

Pulumi is looking for an experienced Principal Technical Product Marketing Manager to articulate the value of Pulumi's products to the world. You will be a part of realizing a vision that empowers every developer to program the cloud.

In this role, you will help technical leaders, engineering managers, and software engineers understand how Pulumi's technologies transform cloud infrastructure automation, security, and management, while driving measurable outcomes for their businesses. You will be responsible for defining our positioning and messaging to developers and technical decision-makers, creating compelling content to help them understand the use cases and value propositions, and building the right marketing programs to increase awareness and adoption.

Expect to be challenged, learn, and collaborate with a phenomenal team of interesting people.

While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA., we are dedicated to being a remote-first company.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the short- and long-term strategy to grow awareness, shift perceptions, and drive adoption of Pulumi’s product portfolio across key audiences
• Collaborate with product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams to distill complex technical features into clear, compelling, and differentiated messaging tailored to developers and technical decision-makers
• Lead the development of value propositions, go-to-market strategies, marketing campaigns, and enablement programs to accelerate adoption and drive market leadership
• Develop a wide range of audience-specific content – blogs, videos, case studies, demos, presentations, landing pages, whitepapers, and more – to educate and engage Pulumi’s audiences
• Research industry trends, competitors, and customer needs to refine messaging and content strategies
• Enable our field sellers with the tools, training, messaging, and competitive differentiation they need to effectively position and sell Pulumi in the market
• Engage press and industry analysts to communicate Pulumi’s value, influence thought leadership, and position Pulumi as an innovator in the space

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in technology marketing, product marketing, engineering, or product management, ideally in developer tools, DevOps, or cloud technologies
• A strong understanding of modern software development practices, cloud infrastructure, and the needs of developers and engineering teams. A bachelor's degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience is preferred
• Proven ability to translate technical concepts into language that resonates with diverse audiences, from developers to technical decision-makers
• Ability to easily transition from high-level strategic thinking to creative and detail-oriented execution
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while effectively collaborating across diverse teams and stakeholders
• Proven ability to identify innovative ways to tell compelling stories and differentiate products in competitive markets

Compensation: 

• Base Salary Hiring Range: $198,000 - $240,000
• All full time employee offers at Pulumi include base salary, bonus or variable, equity and benefits (details below).

Pulumi Benefits:

• Health (US Only) - We offer competitive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance. It is free for our direct employees to be on our insurance.
• Time Off - Unlimited personal time off (PTO). We ask that employees take at least 3 weeks off during the year in addition to the 13 US holidays we recognize.
• 401K (US Only) - With employer match
• Parental Leave - 20 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing parent or primary caregiver, and 16 for non-birthing parent or secondary caregiver.
• Remote-First - We are a 100% remote-first company with employees in nearly 20 states, and growing internationally; we encourage asynchronous communication and autonomy. We also provide an annual work from anywhere fund to help cover the employee costs of working remotely.
• Professional Development & Growth - We encourage a lifelong learning mindset and every employee is given an annual professional development budget.
• Equity - As a small but growing startup, we all act like owners and you will earn equity in the company.
• Additional Funds - We offer employees a monthly wellness fund to be spent on anything physical and/or mental wellbeing related. We also provide a quarterly happiness fund to be used toward anything that makes our employees happy! 

About Pulumi:

Pulumi is reimagining how developers and DevOps teams create and manage cloud software, through a unique combination of developer tools and system innovation. The company leads with an open source platform that embraces real programming languages, tools, and techniques, and offers an innovative SaaS product that helps teams collaborate.

Pulumi was founded in 2017 by developer and cloud experts from many corners of our industry to deliver innovative approaches to cloud software development. Since emerging from stealth in mid-2018, we are accelerating our platform momentum and product adoption. The team is built on a culture of openness, diversity, respect, and thinking big.

At Pulumi, we don't just accept difference, we look for it, celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our customers. Pulumi is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.