Senior Product Marketing Manager – AI & Emerging Technologies

Fastly; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) + match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid holidays

Wellness days

Job summary

Fastly is seeking a Senior Product Marketing Manager – AI & Emerging Technologies to lead the market narrative, positioning, and go‑to‑market strategy for Fastly's AI initiatives and AI developer capabilities. You will define how developers and enterprise buyers leverage Fastly to build, secure, and accelerate AI applications at the edge, spanning AI inference and workload delivery across platforms.

You will collaborate with Portfolio Intelligence, Sales, Growth Marketing, and Analyst Relations

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant product marketing experience.
• Experience in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or developer tools, and knowledge of AI buyer personas.
• Technical aptitude with AI/ML, edge inference, and developer infrastructure.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Self-starter with initiative and drive.

Responsibilities

• AI Market Narrative: develop market facing messaging for AI workflows.
• GTM Launch Management: lead GTM execution for high-priority AI capabilities.
• Value Packaging & Enablement: shape AI value propositions and sales decks.
• Analyst & Market Influence: partner on AI narrative with analysts.
• Buyer Insights & Campaign Alignment: connect needs with revenue programs.
• Cross-Portfolio AI Narrative: shape AI story across product lines.
• Competitive Awareness: apply intelligence to messaging.
• Product Evangelism: present Fastly's AI security story publicly.

Skills

Product marketing

AI/ML experience

Edge AI

Storytelling

Analytical thinking

Job description

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue. We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Posting Open Date: August 11, 2026
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: September 11, 2026

• Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Senior Product Marketing Manager – AI & Emerging Technologies

We're looking for a Senior Product Marketing Manager: AI & Emerging Technologies to lead the market facing narrative, positioning, and GTM strategy for Fastly's AI initiatives and emerging AI developer capabilities. Reporting to the Director, Product Marketing: Security, AI and Emerging Technology, you will define how developers and enterprise buyers leverage Fastly to build, secure, and accelerate AI applications, spanning edge AI inference, AI workload delivery and optimization, and Fastly's broader AI platform story. You will work closely with Portfolio Intelligence, Sales, Growth Marketing, and Analyst Relations to drive market influence and customer adoption at scale, and will work across all product areas to develop Fastly's AI narrative overall and by product line.

What You'll Do

• AI Market Narrative: Develop market facing messaging and category narratives that establish Fastly as an essential platform for modern AI workflows.
• GTM Launch Management & Readiness: Lead GTM execution, readiness, and launch communications for high priority AI capabilities and partnerships.
• Value Packaging & Sales Enablement: Partner with the enablement team to shape and package AI value propositions, customer proof points, and pitch decks for enterprise sellers, sales engineers, and growth campaigns.
• Analyst & Market Influence: Partner with Analyst Relations on the AI narrative, building market influence through strategic briefs, thought leadership, and storytelling.
• Buyer Insights & Campaign Alignment: Connect buyer needs across DevOps, Platform Engineers, and AI Architects with revenue programs and integrated growth campaigns.
• Cross-Portfolio AI Narrative: Partner across product areas to shape Fastly's AI story both holistically and by individual product line.
• Competitive Awareness: Partner with Portfolio Intelligence to apply competitive intelligence on the AI landscape to sharpen messaging and ensure Fastly is represented in the broader AI infrastructure conversation.
• Product Evangelism: Deliver presentations to the public on Fastly’s unique and differentiated security story.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of relevant product marketing experience.
• Experience in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or developer tools, and knowledge of AI buyer personas (AI/ML engineers, platform teams, CTOs setting AI strategy) required.
• Technical aptitude along with an understanding of and enthusiasm for AI/ML, edge inference, and developer infrastructure.
• Strong storytelling skills, including excellent written and spoken communication, with the ability to translate complex AI architecture into compelling business value propositions.
• Exceptional critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Proven organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multitask.
• Self starter with strong initiative and drive.

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Established relationships with industry analysts (Gartner, Forrester, IDC) in AI, Cloud, or Developer infrastructure.

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: This position is open to Hybrid Work Locations. The preferred locations for this position are:

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US. This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary The estimated salary range for this position is $132,060 to $186,444. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address. Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [e-mail] or 501-287-4901. Fastly collects and processes personal data submitted by job applicants in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please see our privacy notice for job applicants.