Solution Marketing Manager - Broadband Market

Duncan, SC (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

Drive energy vertical marketing strategy and cross-functional messaging for grid-focused customers, aligning with sales, GTM plans, and market intelligence.

  • Own the messaging hierarchy and GTM plans for grid solutions and product launches.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in B2B energy/utility marketing and direct utility/EPC exposure.
  • Standout: Strong cross-functional leadership and data-driven market intelligence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute the energy vertical marketing strategy aligned with the Energy Business Unit and Sales Teams priorities
  • Align marketing initiatives to business objectives: pipeline growth, revenue generation, and market share expansion
  • Leverage market intelligence and competitive insights to craft strategies that enhance market position
  • Conceptualize and drive primary market research to better understand marketplace and customer needs
  • Monitor market trends across grid modernization, resilience, renewable integration, and AI infrastructure demands, and maintain expertise across key grid areas: transmission, distribution, substation infrastructure, renewable interconnection, and data center power delivery
  • Work with Market Development to track competitive landscape, emerging technologies, and industry standards
  • Define buyer personas and map the buyer's journey from awareness to decision across key Energy segments
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to craft compelling messaging and differentiated value propositions
  • Conduct stakeholder interviews (internal and external) to refine customer personas and messaging frameworks
  • Own the messaging hierarchy from thought leadership themes to solution positioning to product messaging

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business or related field
  • 5+ years of B2B marketing experience in solution marketing or product marketing
  • 5+ years working in the Energy/Utility sector with deep understanding of grid infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of energy market dynamics, grid infrastructure, regulatory environment, and infrastructure challenges
  • Track record of successful product and solution launches in energy markets
  • Demonstrated success in creating messaging frameworks, competitive positioning, and buyer personas
  • Experience managing marketing budgets and delivering measurable results
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across product management, market development, engineering, sales, and marketing teams
  • Experience in telecommunications, optical networks, or infrastructure technology sectors
  • Direct experience with utility customers and EPCs

Preferred

  • Experience in telecommunications, optical networks, or infrastructure technology sectors
  • Direct experience with utility customers and EPCs
  • Strategic marketing planning: Developing vertical marketing strategies, go-to-market plans, and integrated campaign roadmaps
  • Messaging and positioning expertise: Creating messaging hierarchies from thought leadership to solutions to product level for technical B2B audiences
  • Solution marketing frameworks: Translating technical capabilities into value propositions for different buyer types (executive, technical, procurement)
  • Market intelligence: Conducting primary research, competitive analysis, campaign analysis, and customer interviews
  • Buyer journey mapping: Defining personas and content strategies across awareness, consideration, and decision stages
  • Performance analytics: Defining KPIs, tracking campaign performance, pipeline influence, and revenue attribution
  • Budget management: Allocating resources across campaigns, content, events, and partner programs to maximize ROI
  • Proficiency in marketing automation platforms, CRM systems (Salesforce), and analytics tools
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AFL

Founded in 1984, AFL is an international manufacturer providing end-to-end solutions to the energy, service provider, enterprise and industrial markets as well as several emerging markets. Our products are in use in over 130 countries and include fiber optic cable and hardware, transmission and substation accessories, outside plant equipment, connectivity, test and inspection equipment, fusion splicers and training. AFL also offers a wide variety of services supporting data center, enterprise, wireless and outside plant applications. Headquartered in Spartanburg, SC, AFL has operations in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujikura, Ltd. Of Japan.

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