Product Marketing, Senior Director (Analyst Relations)

Job Description

Company Description

MicroStrategy transforms organizations into intelligent enterprises through data-driven innovation. We match smart people to dynamic projects and technologies that truly challenge their talents. Curious and creative in outlook, our success is built on the talent and energy of smart and driven people. MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a worldwide leader in enterprise analytics and mobility software. A pioneer in the BI and analytics space, MicroStrategy delivers innovative software that empowers people to make better decisions and transform the way they do business. We provide our enterprise customers with world-class software and expert services so they can deploy unique intelligence applications.

Job Description

The Role: The Product Marketing Senior Director is responsible for ensuring that we achieve specific sales and financial objectives by positioning and representing the company and its industry leading technology products with the market analysts community for BI & Analytics (including but not limited to Gartner, Forrester, Ventana, Constellation, BARC, and IDC). This role will collaborate directly with Product Management, Marketing, and Sales leadership to understand and articulate the product roadmap, competitive differentiators, market-oriented outbound messaging, and customer success, and will be a key contributor to company strategy.

Your Focus:

• Manage relationships with industry analysts for the purpose of positioning MicroStrategy in external reports such as the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities, as well as externally commissioned research that supports the company’s go-to-market priorities for enterprise and embedded analytics
• Conduct competitive analysis in order to identify, understand, and articulate SWOT positioning against other players in the Analytics and BI Market, in support of Sales.
• Collaborate with Technology to develop the roadmap for the company’s solutions portfolio, and communicate a vison of where the market solutions will be in the future against the competition
• Effectively influence the development of solutions and solutions enhancements by working closely with Product Management and Technology teams
• Create compelling assets (e.g. written reports, presentations, live webinars) that integrate tangible proof points, differentiation and business value, enabling Sales to confidently articulate and position the solutions’ value proposition
• Work with Marketing Operations to align marketing metrics to analyst-related assets and manage an annual budget of expenses for externally commissioned research, event participation, and consultation with industry analysts.
• Track and align stakeholder acceptance and market solutions introduction effectiveness; implement contingency plans as needed.

Qualifications

Required Experience and Skills

Motivation, Innovation, Passion, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer-Focus

You should also bring the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in the field of engineering, business, or marketing; MBA preferred
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in software technology; a significant portion of this experience should in sales engineering, product management, or product marketing
• Minimum 5 years experience and strong knowledge in the Business Intelligence software space
• Ability to think creatively and communicate ideas to drive continued excellence for the team
• Experience with cross-functional teams and working directly with technical teams
• Very strong operational and people leadership skills in a matrixed environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

MicroStrategy is an Equal Employment and Affirmative Action employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sex age, genetic information, or any other legally-protected basis.
MicroStrategy is an Equal Employment /Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us about your interest in employment at 703-848-8600.