JOB:CA-Mountain View-Product Marketing Director

DIRECTOR SOLUTIONS MARKETING, PRODUCT MARKETING This software company, based in Mountain View, California, is the leading supplier of Enterprise Application Development solutions. Their products enable customers to accelerate e-Business by maintaining, transforming and extending business applications rapidly, with low risk and high return on investment. They assist companies to accelerate their move to e-Business by extending their legacy COBOL assets to the Web and other distributed platforms. Their products help companies to maintain their legacy applications and increase productivity by extending their development environment to the workstation. The goal is to allow businesses to avoid having to re-architect or rebuild their existing applications in new, more Web-friendly languages. It is even possible to turn COBOL programs into CORBA or COM objects, which can be used on any tier of the application.

Position Description

Responsibilities include managing a group of Market Managers. Responsible for market positioning, marketing programs and messages, market intelligence, sales tools and achieving the targets defined in business plans for the e-business enabling Micro Focus product line. Works closely with marketing communications and field marketing teams to ensure that marketing programs achieve objectives. Collaborates with product management to drive market requirements into product plans. Takes leadership role in specifying market requirements and influencing product direction. Works closely with the sales organization to develop appropriate distribution and partnering strategies and provide necessary tools to support the sales cycle.

Requirements:
? Technical BS degree, or equivalent, is required. MBA preferred.
? 5+ years' marketing experience as a Market Manager, preferably in the
software industry.
? Experience with enterprise application product marketing and/or product
management is a plus.
? Must have strong leadership skills.
? Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strategic and
tactical skills are essential.

U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency Required.

Excellent Salary/Stock Options/Benefits are offered.

Please email resume as a MS Word attachment. All resumes are held in complete confidence and are not presented to employers without your specific approval. All fees are paid by the hiring company.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Chris Klingman
Baywood Consulting
805-534-1906
chris_at_baywoodconsulting.com Received on Sat Sep 04 1999 - 09:45:32 CDT