Field Marketing Manager - Central

Chainguard; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a dynamic Field Marketing Manager to drive demand in the Central United States. This role involves building and executing regional marketing strategies, managing field events, and collaborating with sales teams to enhance customer relationships. With a focus on data-driven decision-making and effective communication, you will play a crucial role in shaping marketing initiatives that align with business objectives. Join a forward-thinking company that values flexibility and offers a remote-first culture, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits, including 100% covered health insurance and generous parental leave policies.

Benefits

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

Stock Options

100% Covered Health Insurance

∞ Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years in field marketing with proven experience in regional plans.
• Expertise in planning and executing successful field events.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional marketing plans to generate pipeline.
• Forecast and measure impact of marketing plans on sales cycles.

Skills

Field Marketing

Demand Generation

Event Planning

Analytical Skills

Communication

Leadership

Job description

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

The role, in a nutshell:
As the Field Marketing Manager, you’ll play a key role in Chainguard’s marketing team, driving demand in your region. You’ll develop and execute regional marketing plans to generate pipeline, accelerate the sales cycle, and strengthen customer relationships.

We are focused on candidates located in the Central United States.

What you’ll do:

• Build quarterly Field Marketing plans that integrate sales and marketing requirements to support regional pipeline and revenue goals.
• Develop and execute demand generation marketing programs including third-party and Chainguard hosted events, in-person and virtual experiences, regional campaigns, roadshows, and direct mail.
• Forecast and measure impact of marketing plan on sales cycles while analyzing program results, optimizing as needed.
• Own the planning and execution of programs that penetrate key accounts in region.
• Maintain ongoing communications and be the go-to marketing resource with the regional sales leaders, sales reps, BDRs, and regional partners.
• Assist sales leadership in understanding, participating, and obtaining buy-in for field marketing programs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in field marketing/demand generation, with proven experience in working with field teams and building regional plans.
• Expertise in field events: Deep experience planning and executing a variety of field events, with a track record of successful event strategies tailored to targeted accounts and regional dynamics.
• Partnership Mindset: Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and build strong relationships aligning marketing programs with key business objectives.
• Analytical Skills: Proficiency in using data and metrics to assess program effectiveness, with the ability to pivot strategies based on insights.
• Communication & Leadership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to communicate, inspire, and drive alignment across teams.
• Must be able to travel 20-25% during the quarter for events.

Base Salary Range: $104,000 - $143,000 USD

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well-informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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