Offer summary

Qualifications:

10+ years of marketing experience, Expertise in software and SaaS models, Strong collaboration skills, Familiarity with marketing platforms.

Key responsabilities:

Manage integrated campaigns across regions

Report to Sr. Director Marketing EMEA and collaborate with sales teams

Job description

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role:

Kong EMEA is looking for a talented Regional Marketing Manager, to manage integrated campaigns across events, content marketing, social media, and paid digital campaigns within the UKI Nordics Benelux EMEA region. The successful candidate will report to the Sr. Director Marketing EMEA, and work closely with the regional sales teams to understand market priorities and deliver impactful campaigns generating new business opportunities.

Responsibilities

Establish yourself as a trusted and respected partner with Sales stakeholders, translating sales goals into marketing tactics and programs

Work in partnership with the global demand generation teams to build and drive integrated marketing campaigns

Own, define & drive the regional marketing plan

Manage regional budget and reporting

Coordinate regional planning and execution with sales & marketing stakeholders to build campaigns to drive engagement, generate leads, and deliver pipeline

Maintain ownership of the region’s performance, through consistent reporting, analysis, and optimisation efforts.

Owning the leads process through the funnel and devising programs and activities to Accelerate lead time-to-value

Identify focus areas and build plans to drive expansion

Think creatively about customer journeys to drive engagement all the way through the marketing funnel from awareness to conversion.

Implementing regional ABM and executive programs

Partner with the sales development team to develop and execute effective inbound/outbound campaigns

Work with the Partner team to harness the Partner ecosystem, build and drive integrated marketing campaigns with key partners

What you'll bring

10+ years of marketing experience working in a hyper-growth, fast-paced environment; specific expertise in software and SaaS/subscription models is strongly preferred

Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work remotely and effectively across cross-functional teams.

Familiarity with marketing platforms including Salesforce, Tableau, Marketo, event platforms, 6sense, CMS, Pathfactory

Proven track record of delivering measurable results

Exceptionally strong writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and simply articulate concepts, messages, and plans.

Additional Languages a plus, English is required

Familiar with SiriusDecisions best practices, and lead management.

Enterprise segment experience; Experience with running ABM and executive programs.

Ability to engage enable and deliver Channel programs and events

Profile

Self motivated individual with a can-do attitude

Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time

Engaging & collaborative personality

Able to bring together diverse teams to get the job done

Fast learner who proactively tackles challenges independently

Strong work ethic, sense of urgency, and desire to succeed

Team player

Must be a good problem solver and an intuitive thinker

Willing and able to travel

About Kong:

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become "API-first" and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally - from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises - unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate to market.

83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!

For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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