Product Marketing Associate Director

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What you'll be doing...

You'll be managing a team of tenured professionals responsible for the the marketing strategy, design, and execution plan to grow Verizon Business Group's rich portfolio of Advanced Communications, Contact Center, UCC and over the top voice & collaboration products and solutions. These products and services are sold across Business Markets, Global Enterprise, and Public Sector with specialist teams including Consulting Services, Connected Experience Specialist, and Solution Architects.

You will lead your team by leveraging market data and insights, Verizon base customer and prospect analytics, customer persona types and other information to develop the appropriate launch strategy for new products and growth/nurture strategies for existing products. You will also serve as the product and portfolio CMO working with the product management organization in the development of the product/portfolio business case, product success key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives and key results (OKRs). The team under your direction will be responsible in partnership and collaboration with product, segment marketing, sales, and solutions architects to develop product/portfolio value proposition, customer outcome/benefits, VBG's market differentiation, and the channel and digital activation strategy.

What we're looking for...

You are highly collaborative, innovative, a strategic thinker, with an execution focus that understands what motivates your direct reports and other partners, how to appropriately 'pitch' value to partners, how to establish and grow a partner ecosystem and marketplace. You will be the product marketing leader at Verizon's Advanced Communication solutions. This position mandates strong leadership traits required to not only manage your team, but to also manage senior leaders at Verizon. This position requires a leader that can be effective in a matrix environment.

You'll need to have:

• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Experience leading manager/director of a mid-size team.

• Development of B2B marketing programs.

• Experience with Product Marketing and/or value proposition creation.

• Experience with product placement strategy and/or sales enablement creation and execution.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master's degree.

• Prior experience in building partner ecosystem marketing programs.

• Market Research Analysis experience.

• Prior experience in thought leadership, demand generation, campaigns, and innovative sales enablement tactics.

• Strategic consulting with a business development and marketing focus.

• Strong project management, analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, communication, negotiating, and relationship-building skills.

• UCC, Contact Center, Mobility and/or advanced communication product experience.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

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