Director, Technology Solution Marketing

2103 Bentley Systems International Limited; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bentley Impact Day

Colleague recognition programs

Job summary

Bentley Systems seeks a marketing leader to define and drive technology narratives for our core platforms, including digital twins and AI. You will partner with executive leadership, shape long-term strategy, and lead a team of solution marketers to differentiate Bentley in a global market.

Reporting to the VP of Product & Industry Marketing, you will translate strategy into market positioning, drive thought leadership, and ensure consistent messaging across products and programs.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of B2B enterprise technology marketing experience.
• Experience leading marketing teams.
• Ability to influence executive leaders.
• Experience across product, sales, and go-to-market teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape Bentley's long-term technology positioning and messaging for executive audiences.
• Define messaging frameworks for core technology platforms across industries and products.
• Lead and develop a team of solution marketers while remaining hands-on in messaging.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Industry Marketing, Campaigns, Sales, and Corporate Marketing to align technology messaging globally.
• Synthesize market insights into forward-looking positioning and recommendations.

Skills

Leadership

Executive influence

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid - 1 day per week in the office)

Position Summary:

Bentley is seeking a marketing leader to define and drive the market narrative for our core technology platforms, including digital twins, AI, connected data, and platform capabilities. Reporting to the VP of Product & Industry Marketing, this role shapes how Bentley's technology strategy is understood internally and differentiated externally. You will partner with executive leadership to develop long-term technology narratives, guide thought leadership, and ensure consistent positioning across products, industries, and go-to-market programs. As a player-coach, you will lead, coach, and develop a team of solution marketers while remaining accountable for one or more strategic technology solution areas. Success in this role requires executive presence, exceptional storytelling, technical curiosity, and the ability to influence across a global, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities:

• Narrative & Executive Partnership: Act as a trusted thought partner with executive leadership to shape Bentley's long-term technology positioning and strategic direction. Serve as the primary marketing advisor for Bentley's horizontal technology portfolio. Translate technology strategy into differentiated market positioning and strategic messaging.
• Messaging, Positioning & Thought Leadership: Define messaging frameworks for Bentley's core technology platforms. Ensure consistent positioning across industries, products, and go-to-market initiatives. Develop differentiated value propositions grounded in customer outcomes. Drive Bentley's technology thought leadership by identifying emerging trends and partnering with executives on key industry narratives. Engage analysts, customers, and industry influencers to validate and strengthen Bentley's market positioning.
• Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of solution marketers. Personally lead strategic technology solution initiatives while remaining hands-on in messaging and positioning. Align team priorities with business objectives and evolving market opportunities.
• Go-to-Market Alignment: Partner with Product Marketing, Industry Marketing, Campaigns, Sales, and Corporate Marketing to activate technology messaging globally. Establish scalable frameworks, standards, and processes for consistent execution across the organization.
• Market Insight & Technology Fluency: Maintain deep expertise in AI, digital twins, connected data, cloud platforms, and emerging enterprise technology trends. Synthesize analyst, customer, competitive, and market insights into forward-looking positioning and strategic recommendations.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in B2B enterprise technology marketing, including leadership in platform, AI, cloud, data, or digital transformation solutions.
• Demonstrated success influencing executive leaders and shaping company-wide technology strategy and messaging.
• Proven ability to lead through influence across a complex global matrix organization.
• Exceptional messaging and positioning capabilities, with evidence of simplifying complex technologies.
• Experience building and leading high-performing marketing teams.
• Strong cross-functional leadership across product, sales, and go-to-market teams.
• Technical fluency and intellectual curiosity in relevant technology domains.
• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent training or experience.

What We Offer:

• Step into a collaborative work environment where ideas flourish, and teamwork propels us forward towards shared success.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• Bentley Impact Day: take a day off from work to volunteer with an organization of your choice.
• Celebrate milestone achievements and moments that matter through our colleague recognition award programs and our Bentley Achievers platform.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
• Be part of a company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world's infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world.
• Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.

Who We Are:

Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world's infrastructure - sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent's software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. Bentley Systems' 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.

At Bentley, you'll help shape the future of infrastructure with innovative solutions, a global impact, and a culture that values growth, collaboration, and sustainability.

Built by engineers for engineers, Bentley has been the leading global provider of infrastructure engineering software for 40 years.

Join us on our continued journey leading industry change.